Kelsey Leonard

Kelsey Leonard is the first Native American woman to earn a science degree from the University of Oxford, which she earned in 2012.[1] She earned an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management from St. Cross College,[2] one of the thirty-eight colleges of the University of Oxford.[1] Her master's thesis, “Water Quality For Native Nations: Achieving A Trust Responsibility”, discusses water quality regulation and how water resources on tribal land are not protected.[3][4] Kelsey Leonard is an enrolled member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation and is originally from the Shinnecock Indian Reservation[5] in Long Island, New York.[6][7] In 2010 she was the first member of the Shinnecock Nation to graduate from Harvard University.[8][9][10] Her Harvard degree is a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Anthropology with a secondary field in Ethnic Studies.[11]

Kelsey Leonard, Shinnecock Indian Nation, first Native American woman to earn a science degree from the University of Oxford.

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