Neeti Jain, MS

Part-Time Alda-Certified Facilitator

Neeti is an environmental scientist and storyteller, working at the intersection of climate, food systems, and narrative change. Her decade of experience in the environmental movement spans environmental advocacy, public engagement, and systems thinking.

As a National Science Foundation Fellow, Neeti led justice-centered storytelling initiatives at major natural history museums, centering equity within environmental narratives and informal education. Her work has been featured on podcasts, national public radio, TV segments, and print magazines, and she has published articles in Curator and the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research.

Neeti is an adjunct faculty member at Columbia University and NYU, and leads partnerships work at a national nonprofit. A Los Angeles native, she has made her way across the three coasts and now spends her time lurking around the underwater dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History.