Victoria Scott

A 2019 Vision Fellow, Victoria Scott is majoring in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Ecology and Earth Systems, and a minor in Geology/Earth and Climate Sciences. While at Bates, Victoria has participated in research aimed at determining carbon sequestration rates in New England salt marsh habitat. She also has worked with members of the Lewiston community on affordable housing design, sustainable urban planning, and creating green spaces in cities that are accessible and environmentally beneficial. Victoria also has interned with Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust, with Shelley Edmundson as her mentor. Victoria is an MVRHS graduate and an Island native. While in high school, she interned with BiodiversityWorks, The Trustees of Reservations, and Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust. She is an accomplished violinist and tennis player who taught tennis at Vineyard Youth Tennis (now Vineyard Family Tennis) and was also co-caption of the MVRHS Girls’ Varsity Tennis Team. She has been fishing the Island’s waters since she was a child and was been a weigh station volunteer for the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby for six years.