Before It's Too Late: Climate Change through VR
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"Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved." - Mattie Stepanek

The Team

Before It's Too Late was founded by a team of graduate students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The idea was founded on the premise of the power of visual arts as a medium to evoke emotion. We are excited to merge our creative passion with our mission to mitigate climate change.
Linda Cheung, Co-Founder
Jen Ballen, Co-Founder
Hanson Gong, Co-Founder
Brooke Suter, Co-Founder
Avery Weidman, Digital Design
Adriana Marquez, Project Coordinator
Mike Drachkovitch, Sr Advisor, VR Production

Student Team "A"

BITL’s team includes a talented, passionate group of interdisciplinary graduate and undergraduate students from 9 universities collaborating to conduct due diligence, storyboarding, prototyping, design, fundraising, stakeholder engagement and program planning for our debut VR experience, “Save or Sink Miami”.
Business
Maanya Condamoor, Yale
Mario Parker, FIU
Natasha Doherty, Wharton
Data
Andrew Zucker, UMiami
Cindy Castro, FIU
Kaylee Brent, MIT
Sean Charles, FIU
Lisa Johns, UMiami
Simulations
Alicia Noriega, MIT
Trevor Thompson, Yale
Social Science
Aisha Jamali, George Mason
Alicia Hong, BU
Cindy Castro, FIU
Roxanne Rahnama, MIT
Solutions
Anna Hassan, George Mason
Ben Wilson, FIU
Johanna Falkenhagen, FIU
Stories
Bridget Power, Harvard, Stories Co-Lead
Tatiana Delgado, FIU, Stories Co-Lead
Alexandra Cleaver, FIU
Catherine Mieses, FIU
Lisbette Castillo, FIU
Sara Rafsky, MIT
Shelby Servais, FIU
Wan Chantavilasvong, MIT
VR
Charity Everett, Harvard, VR Lead
Albert Elias, FIU
Annabelle Santos, FIU
Armando Rubi, UMiami
Leslie Ovalle, FIU
Russell Darrow, UMiami
Erick Pinos, MIT
Fernando Mendez, FIU
Everglades
Ben Wilson, FIU, Everglades Lead
Russell Darrow, UMiami
Sean Charles, FIU
Shelby Servais, FIU
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Faculty Advisors

Amanda Graham, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Jason Jay, MIT Sustainability Initiative
John Fernandez, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Lawrence E Susskind, MIT Urban Studies
Michelle Seelig, UMiami School of Communication
Tiffany Troxler, FIU Director Sea Level Solutions Center
Robert (Ted) Gutsche, FIU Department of Journalism + Media
William Uricchio, MIT Media Lab

Student Team Sponsors

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative

South Florida Steering Committee

Ajani Stewart, City of Miami
Caroline Lewis, CLEO Institute
Greg Hamra, Citizens Climate Lobby
Matt Anderson, Coral Gables
Nancy Schneider, Southeast Florida Compact
Samantha Danchuk, Broward County
Tiffany Troxler, FIU
Robert (Ted) Gutsche, FIU

Board of Advisors

Jason Jay, MIT Sustainability Initiative
John Sterman, MIT System Dynamics
Ed Maibach, George Mason Climate Change Communication
Rick Gilles, Barnraisers Group
Jeff Gitterman, Gitterman Wealth Management
Alex Bozmoski, RepublicEn
Jacob Lowenstein, President VR/AR at MIT
Cosmo Scharf, Co-Founder of VRLA and Visionary VR

Academic Partners

MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication

VR Partners

BITL

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Partners

Climate Interactive
Dream In Green
Miami Climate Alliance
MIT Sustainability Initiative
​The CLEO Institute
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  • Art & Murals
    • Bronzeville Renaissance
    • Liberty Gardens Park
    • Anthropocene Extinction
    • What Future Do You Choose?
    • Remembering Miami
  • 7 Day Challenge
    • 7 Day Guidebook
  • Team
  • Press