Brendan Wissinger About Me

Hello, I am Brendan. I’m a Climate Science major at California University of Pennsylvania minoring in Political Science. I am from a Small Town about 3 miles east of California, PA. I have Asperger’s Syndrome and ADHD.

I became interested in Climate Change when I was 8 years old. At a young age I loved the sciences in which started with learning about Meteorology and Space Sciences in First Grade, but I loved pretty much every science and I loved to watch documentaries on many different subjects and not just scientific ones, including ones about emergency services, construction, the military. I was about 8 when I found by accident a documentary about climate change scrolling through channels. I became concerned about it and designed a “carbon cleaner” to “fix” the problem. As I got older and learned more about Climate Change and the scale of the problem I became more and more alarmed and I decided to study it when I became an adult. I started calling, emailing and writing letters local politicians about it. I’ve met Climate Scientist Michael Mann and I started meeting local politicians and being involved or setting Climate Activism or Climate Informational Events. As my life progressed I decided to change my career to a Climate Change Policy Analyst, someone who designs policies to reduce Climate Change.

In High School my extracurricular activities were Boy Scouts (Which I did attain Eagle), Upward Bound, FFA, Envirothon, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and St. James Lutheran Church. My extracurricular activities in college are Meteorology Club, Sustainability Club, College Democrats, and Wildlife Society.