Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP) student Kelly Bono of St. Louis, Missouri, was published on the Metropolitan Congregations United website. Her article, "Environmental Action is Social Action," focuses on her MCU Environmental Justice internship through which she worked to increase community garden uptake in St. Louis County, Missouri. “I often stand with one foot in the sustainability field and the other in the social justice realm, but community gardens are places where I can firmly plant both of those feet," said Bono. "We can improve outcomes for people by caring for our environment. We just have to dig in."

Bono is earning a Master of Arts (M.A.) in Biology from Miami through Project Dragonfly‘s AIP while working as a clinical research coordinator at Washington University. Her experiential learning takes place at Missouri Botanical Garden.