Moala is a PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, studying room-to-room variation and remediation of polychlorinated biphenyls in minority-predominant, low-income public schools. As a first-generation Cameroonian immigrant raised in urban NJ, Moala identifies first hand with the issues in minority-predominant low-income school districts and is determined to bridge the gap in environmental justice experienced by those of low socioeconomic status.