Underrepresentation in environmental fields isn’t exclusive to Asian Americans. In 2021, Zippia, a career development platform, reported that only 6.9% of environmental science professors were Hispanic or Latino, only 5.1% were Black or African American, and only 0.3% were American Indian or Alaska Native.

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