Kaethe Rice (she/her) is a senior at Waterville High School and co-lead of MYCJ's High School Support Cohort. As a youth representative on the Maine Climate Councils Natural and Working Lands Working Group, Defend our Health's C4 Board, and as the president of her high school's Green Team, Kaethe combines her passion for human ecology and all things nature with policy and community engagement to elevate the voices of young people on a local and state level. When she isn't writing testimony or listening to pod save america Kaethe loves to hike, swim, bike, kayak, and play soccer.