Sarah Caruso is a Masters student in the Environmental Applied Science & Management program at Toronto Metropolitan University.  Sarah holds a BA in Environment & Urban Sustainability with a minor in Geography and a minor in Politics. She is passionate about interdisciplinary research and bridging gaps between environmental science and public policy. Her Masters research focuses on climate change and water stress in cities. She is particularly interested in examining multiple sources of water stress in cities from climate change, urbanization, aging infrastructure, housing and development and the governance and policy transformations required to make cities more resilience. She is also President of the Urban Water Student Leadership Committee at TMU.