DARLENE AZARMI

Darlene Azarmi is the Senior Democracy Campaigner at Friends of the Earth and a Master of Public Policy Candidate at UC Berkeley. Darlene holds a BA in Environmental Studies from UNC Wilmington,  studied “People, Politics, and Environment” in the Galapagos, and has a certificate in Nonprofit Management from Duke. Their passions for civic engagement, environmental justice, and racial equity culminate with their work at FOE. Darlene previously worked with Democracy North Carolina, the Oregon Public Interest Research Group, and Oceana in Washington, D.C.  Darlene grew up in Lincolnton but calls Asheville home and enjoys watching Appalachian sunsets from their porch with their two hound dogs.