As a graduate student and Fulbright scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Noa Cykman studies society-ecology relationships from an interdisciplinary and decolonial approach. Her research looks at how social and ecological issues merge in Indigenous agroecological practices led by grassroots social movements in Brazil, presenting a viable response to the unfolding climate and ecological crises. She is associated with the Orfalea Center and is a part of the EJ/CJ (Environmental Justice/Climate Justice) Hub at UCSB.