Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellow works on city’s climate plan
Lexi Smith ’18 is this year’s Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellow, marking the third fellowship since the program debuted in 2016. Smith, from Atlanta, is an environmental science and public policy major at Harvard. She said she always knew that she wanted to be involved in environmental issues. “My dad is a veterinarian, and when I was growing up we raised a lot of wildlife, many of which had been affected by human interventions in the environment. I think that made me care about how much humans can — and do — affect our environment, and what the consequences of that can be,” said Smith, who works Boston City Hall. Smith said she first became interested in the Presidential Fellow program after learning about the opportunity through Harvard’s Public Service Recruiting Day, held on campus every fall. “The Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellowship creates significant pathways to public service for recent undergraduates....