The State Department has a new appointee. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has:
Designated Monica P. Medina as the United States’ Special Envoy for Biodiversity and Water Resources, signaling the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to resolving the world’s intertwined biodiversity and water crises. Monica Medina is the Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and will take on the Special Envoy designation in addition to her current duties.
With monumental tasks like that, people might wonder about the special envoy’s qualifications.
Monica Medina, 60 earned a degree in history at Georgetown University and her J.D. at Columbia. Her bio
