Sonrisa Lucero, Sustainability Strategist; City and County of Denver

Sonrisa assists city agencies in designing strategies and projects that the City can incorporate to help achieve its 2020 Sustainability Goals. She assists city agencies and the Office of Sustainability with fundraising efforts, including providing assistance in grant writing, to advance sustainability projects. Sonrisa also conducts and directs research to identify projects and best practices used in other cities that could be adapted by City agencies to help achieve the 2020 Goals. She participates in city projects to ensure that sustainability is incorporated into the process, design, and execution.

Sonrisa designed her own degree in Environmental Systems Engineering which combined Energy Engineering, Economics, and Policy in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. She played rugby for seven years at Stanford and upon returning home to Denver. She loves spending time in nature, having grown up camping, fishing and hiking in the mountains of Colorado. Sonrisa loves to travel and experience nature and cultures in other countries around the world.