Yara Acaf

Doctoral Student - University of Texas at Austin

Based in

United States
North America

Yara Acaf is a doctoral student at the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations interested in science communication. More particularly, she works on environmental advertising, campaigns, activism, and justice.

Before going back to graduate school, Yara worked as a Research and Development Assistant on the climate change and conflict nexus in the MENA region at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN‐ESCWA). In an effort to work on climate advocacy, Yara became a member of the Mediterranean Youth for Climate Action (MedYCA) network and co-founded of Peace on Climate (a think tank that aims to raise the issue of climate change and conflict with policymakers).