Sumana completed a Masters in Climate Change in Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo. With an interdisciplinary background in civil engineering and transport planning, she is helping to develop a database of climate change adaptation measures for retrofits applicable to Canadian residential buildings as a research assistant with Partners for Action. With an interdisciplinary background in civil engineering, transport planning and climate change, Sumana specialises in cost-benefit analysis of highway projects and has been involved in several such projects in Africa, India and UK funded by leading multilateral donor agencies. Sumana’s goal is to create connected communities with transportation systems that are both economic and environmentally sustainable.