
Mark Sarmiento, a Houston native, pursues his passion for the environment and education through his work study as an environmental education assistant with EIH while completing a degree at University of Houston-Clear Lake. Currently in his senior year as a Bachelor's candidate in the Early Childhood Education (ECED) program, Sarmiento strives to make an impact in his local community by spreading environmental awareness as a future educator. His hobbies reflect his passions, as he prefers to spend his free time outside fishing, gardening, volunteering, hiking, foraging and seed collecting, or playing sports.