In June 2025, we welcomed new paralegal and office administrator Cora Hagens to the NELC team.
Cora graduated from Yale University in 2024 with a B.A. in cognitive science and a concentration in environmental psychology. While at Yale, she conducted research on climate change perception, studying how an individual’s political environment shapes their belief in our ability to address climate change. She is excited to contribute to NELC’s work holding polluters accountable through citizen enforcement suits, which translate individual environmental concern into meaningful legal and environmental outcomes.
When she’s not in the office, Cora moonlights as a choral musician, performing sacred and secular works with ensembles across the Northeast. Although she’s sung in cathedrals and concert halls all over the world, her favorite performance venue remains her shower in Cambridge, Massachusetts.