CANOPY BLOG

Meet Evany Wang, Canopy’s Community Forestry Coordinator

By Canopy Team on August 23, 2022

Evany Wang (she/her) joined the Canopy team in August 2022 to coordinate tree planting and surveying in Palo Alto and Mountain View. We asked Evany a few questions to get to know her better.

Photo of smiling woman in hat and glasses handling bird. — Evany Wang

What were you up to before joining Canopy?

Evany: I graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo with a bachelor’s degree in Landscape Architecture.

After graduation I joined AmeriCorps, first working with Grassroot Ecology in Palo Alto then Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust in Seattle, WA. Before joining Canopy in 2022, I was a seasonal crew member with Santa Lucia Conservancy where I worked on invasive weeds management and fuel management.

Why do you think trees are so important?

Evany: Logically: environmental, health, and social equity benefits. I see them as a foundational building block to society. Personally though, I care about trees because of how beautiful and resilient they are. Seeing a mature tree brings a sense of peace and quiet to the mind that I don’t find in most places. Being able to enjoy the shade of a tree is more relaxing than I can express in words. So being able to bring that to others is a passion of mine. One other thing too is that seeing trees really ignite my mind and makes me curious about nature as a big picture.

What are you excited to be working on?

Evany: I’m really excited to be expanding my tree knowledge and being able to talk to other people about trees. Better yet, planting trees for others to enjoy.