Kaitlin Spiridellis

Kaitlin Spiridellis graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt University in May 2024, where she studied organizational studies, Spanish, and sustainability. During her time at school, she worked for three years in Vanderbilt’s Drinking Water Justice Lab, where she studied the impact of drinking water contaminants on human body organ systems within community water systems in the United States. She was awarded the Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellowship in 2024 with a proposal to expand the efforts of the Drinking Water Justice lab globally. Currently, she is traveling across six continents conducting semi-structured conversations and site visits with researchers, NGOs, development firms and municipalities to gain a better understanding of the disparities in how people experience drinking water. She is writing about her experiences on her Substack @spiroadventures and in a column for WaterWorld.