Davina Resto
Senior Community Outreach Associate for EPA Region 2 and EPN’s Tribal Liaison
Davina Resto is a Senior Community Outreach Associate with our pro bono capacity-building technical assistance program. Davina concentrates on creating new and deeper connections between disadvantaged communities, EPA alumni with decades of expertise, and other allies (including WEACT’s Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center) to provide assistance to community identified projects in New York and New Jersey. Davina also manages EPN staff working in New England, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. And Davina facilitates and leads EPN’s partnerships with Tribes and indigenous people.
Davina is a recent graduate of Mercy College where she received her Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Diplomacy. She is passionate about supporting local communities by targeting social justice and environmental justice issues. Her previous experiences include working with refugee and migrant populations and she is currently a Research Fellow at the United Nations Centre for Policy Research.