Bio
Brooke Elliott
Education Communications Intern
Brooke Elliott was the Education Communications Intern for The New York Academy of Sciences during the spring 2025 semester. She was a sophomore at Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Hunter College double majoring in English Literary Criticism and Journalism.
From the Academy Blog
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