Faith is a scientist and communications specialist at the University of California. She has worked on disasters ranging from wildfire to drought in California for over a decade. She previously worked with Pew Charitable Trusts, the Center for Fire Research and Outreach at UC Berkeley, and the Ecological Society of America, as well as served as a AAAS Science and Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of State. She received degrees in environmental science from the University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D.) and Northern Arizona University (B.S.).

Wildfires are both environmental catastrophes and public health problems

The Kinkade fire is sounding alarm bells that cannot be ignored – that California is failing to keep up with what we know about fire hazard and risk