Hannah Perls (she/ella) is a Staff Attorney with the Environmental & Energy Law Program (EELP), a legal research center based at Harvard Law School. Her work focuses on equitable disaster preparedness and response and federal environmental justice initiatives. Before law school, Hannah spent four years in San Salvador, El Salvador as a Program Assistant and then Development Director for Cristosal, a human rights non-profit providing legal and humanitarian assistance to families internally displaced by violence. She also worked as an Environmental Scientist for AnchorQEA, specializing in coastal Superfund sites. Hannah received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her B.A. with honors in environmental science and sustainable development from Columbia University. She serves on the Environmental Justice Legal Advisory Board for Alternatives for Community and Environment (ACE) in Roxbury, MA.