Alumni on LAUSD Board Spearhead Greener Schools Initiative to Combat Climate Change
Nick Melvoin, M.A. ’10 devoted his career to promoting the interests of Los Angeles schoolchildren as a teacher and advocate before his election to the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Board of Education in 2017. Now, as the board’s vice president, the LMU School of Education alum is at the forefront of an effort to combat the negative impacts of climate change on the district’s children, transforming LAUSD playgrounds from asphalt-dominated heat absorbers to greener, shadier spaces more conducive to learning, wellness, and mental health.