![](https://paw.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/images/content/PRINCE-StartingOutNew_3.jpg?itok=3CAuFLIE)
Courtesy Alexandra Deprez ’12
![](https://paw.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/styles/feature_image/public/images/content/PRINCE-StartingOutNew_3.jpg?itok=3CAuFLIE)
Courtesy Alexandra Deprez ’12
Boston-based research fellow in the Corporate Partnerships Program at the Environmental Defense Fund.
DUTIES: Deprez conducts research on initiatives to halt deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon that is caused by soy production and cattle ranching.
WHITE PAPER: She is the lead author of a paper that analyzes actions taken by agricultural businesses. She interviewed 30 experts.
SATISFACTION: Working to advance environmental goals “feels like something that’s really meaningful to me and also just very urgently necessary.”