Sinet Kroch

Attending

Academic Major

Enrionmental Studies and  Women & Gender Studies 

Class of 2022

Sinet Kroch is a senior at Bucknell University majoring in Environmental Studies and Women’s and Gender Studies. Motivated by her rural upbringing, Sinet aims to improve waste management, instill a sustainability framework, and raise awareness on environmental issues in her village and her country as a whole. She wants to become an environmental activist, specifically in tackling the global issue of climate crisis. She looks forward to working in industries and institutions that deal with zero waste management, renewable energy, and resources conservation. 

To sharpen her skills, Sinet has been a Sustainability Community Intern and a Renewable Energy Scholar at Bucknell, where she designed a zero-waste manual for the Office of Sustainability. She was a Historic Archives Intern with the Walnut Acres Foundation, where she interviewed both professors and students on their involvement with the Walnut Acres Farm and wrote a book chapter on the Bucknell and Walnut Acres long lasting connection. Last Summer, Sinet interned with the Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), an organization that works to ensure a transition to a just and viable food system. Through this internship, Sinet gained experience in conducting research on the impacts of major transnational pesticide corporations on national policy and regulatory frameworks, and their products’ impact on public, environmental, and ecosystem health.

In addition, Sinet is a consulting intern with the Kayak Consulting Group. She helps non-profit organizations diversify their fundraising, analyze their public presence, determine areas for growth, and connect to other organizations for collaboration.

On campus, Sinet is a DEI Student Office Assistant, where she organizes monthly events and creates publications. Previously, she was an Assistant Peer Advisor for the Office of First-Year Experience where she helped develop community-building activities and programs to support underrepresented first-year and transfer students and coached new students on leadership and social skill development. In her sophomore year, Sinet was a Speak Up Peer Educator who conducted workshops to raise awareness and stimulate conversation on preventing sexual violence and achieving healthy relationships. She also was a Common Ground Facilitator and led a five-day retreat for Bucknell students to explore conversations regarding race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Through on and off campus employment, Sinet was able to apply what she has learned in classes into the real world, which helped her pave a path for a career in environmental activism.
 
Sinet grew up in Siem Reap’s rural outskirts, and unfortunately grew up in a violent household which inhibited her family’s income and prevented her three older brothers from pursuing a higher education. These circumstances made Sinet work even harder at school until her hard work paid off with a full scholarship to study at the Jay Pritzker Academy (JPA), a prestigious school with both American and Cambodian curriculums. Through JPA, she won scholarships to study abroad both in Australia and Singapore and realized that the world is bigger than her village. Sinet has made the impossible possible. ​

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Mentor Team

Alexandra Arnett, Manager, Incentive Compensation Design & Strategy, Salesforce
Louisa Dunwiddie, MSc Behavioural Science Candidate, LSE
Cindy Gentry, Senior Partner, Mercer
Tess Hubbeling, Senior Associate, Mercer
Adriana O'Kain, Strategic Initiatives Leader to the CEO, Mercer
Gillian Printon, Head of National Accounts, Centivo
Julie Powers, ​MBA Candidate, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
Sarah Steger, Associate Account Principal, Crossover Health