Faizaa Fariya Hridi (Hridi) is a current MA in Global Environmental Studies student at the University of Denver with a specialization in energy and climate. Hridi did her undergraduate from Independent University Bangladesh with a double major in Environmental Science and Environmental Management.

She has worked as a research analyst for Canopy Security Risk Professionals, working with climate and social security. Following that, she also worked as a trainer for middle-school children, teaching them how to code in basic coding language. Currently, alongside her graduate studies, she studies at the University of Denver as a research assistant on a project examining mining practices and corporate social responsibility within Indonesia and Peru while advancing her research interests in renewable energy integration, climate democracy and environmental justice.