Rhys Healy — environmental storyteller, Nova Scotia

I do this work because I've seen what happens when organizations and communities can't see themselves clearly in relation to where they are.

Environmental science trained me to read a landscape as a system: inputs, outputs, flows, feedback loops. That same lens applies to a brand, a campaign, a story. Everything is connected. The work is finding the frame that makes that visible.

I surveyed over 500 culverts in the Potomac River watershed one summer. I catalogued specimens in a herbarium of 860,000 plants. I analyzed climate risk in a hedge fund's mortgage-backed security portfolio. None of that is unrelated to a photograph. It all trained the same thing: the ability to look at something complex and find the signal that matters.

For me, the commercial work comes from a place of funding a mission of change. A mission to engage organizations and people throughout Canada to listen and engage more meaningfully in the relationships, the land, the communities, and the systems that make it special. There is a depth here that is worth exploring, protecting, and understanding for a better future for all.

  • Cornell University — BS Environment & Sustainability, Cum Laude 2025
  • Minors: Business · Indigenous Studies Cornell
  • University of Auckland Exchange Program 2024
  • 180 Degrees Consulting, Senior Analyst 2023–25
  • ESG & Compliance Analyst — Cannae Advisors 2024
  • Stream Survey Technician — Trout Unlimited, Potomac Watershed 2023
  • Wilderness First Aid Certified 2022
  • Registered Sole Proprietorship — available for contract work Active
2nd Place — Charles Lathrop Pack Photo-Essay Award, Cornell University · 2025
Photo-journalism on Cherokee history and the National Parks. Read the essay →
Youth Conservationist Citation — New York State Assembly · 2022
Lead Artist — Cornell Tjaden Gallery Photography & Sculpture Show · 2024
  • Backpacking and wilderness guiding
  • Fly fishing and reading psychology
  • Birding — yes, actually
  • Soccer — former Club President at Cornell, currently in the MSML
  • Travelling — the University of Auckland exchange shaped how I see landscape
  • Indigenous knowledge and reconciliation work in Nova Scotia/Mi'kma'ki

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