Personal Summary

Dylan recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a B.S. in Chemical Biology and minor in History. Before joining the team at the Mansfield Center, Dylan interned as a Pathways Legal Assistant Intern at the Social Security Administration’s Office of Hearings Operations (OHO) in Oakland, CA, from commencement until his move to Missoula in August, 2023. After moving in support of his partner’s career in biology, Dylan worked reception at Montana Legal Services Association where he conducted intake and coordinated the Western Montana Bar Association’s (WMBA) Pro Bono program until joining the Mansfield Center in February.  

Hailing from the coastal deserts of Northern San Diego County, Dylan has been surfing, camping/hiking, travelling, and playing music for most of his life. While his California roots align perfectly with the stereotype, his path henceforth has been anything but typical. Dylan attended school in Hudiksvall, Sweden, for the first semester of his junior year of high school; however, when he returned without any transferrable credits, he took the California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) and began attending community college at the age of sixteen. Playing musical majors, he began studying physics before migrating to business administration and finally landing on recording arts for three semesters before unenrolling at nineteen. Before finally returning to school at the age of twenty-four, Dylan worked for a few years at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area where he saved up enough money to move to New Zealand for a year on a working-holiday visa prior to his re-enrollment. 

Dylan has been a climate action advocate since 2006, when he first learned of the manmade, universal, and imminent peril awaiting most life on Earth. This is still what motivates him in all he does more than anything to this day. He has been to over ten foreign counties to date, yet he is always eager to go somewhere and learn something new. He fights for children of following generations to have the same opportunity to experience the unfathomably diverse beauty of life on this planet.