Leah was awarded a 2023-2024 Keeley Coastal Scholarship at the University of California, Santa Cruz for her project “Microbial Communities Driving Carbon Sequestration in Coastal Estuarine Wetlands”. 

The Keeley Coastal Scholars Award provides underrepresented students at UC Santa Cruz the financial support they need to engage in summer research and policy work related to coastal sustainability. Students can be doing work in any area of terrestrial, aquatic, or marine systems along the coast.