After discovering her true vocation as a “protector of the environment” and armed with a certificate in psychology and a bachelor’s degree in biology completed at the Université Laval in the fall of 2003, Mélanie Carrier now travels the world with the firm intention of informing and heightening awareness of different environmental problems in the various communities she visits. As early as her first year of studies in biology, Mélanie participated in an ecological and humanitarian project which took place in India and Nepal. The young woman then headed for Réunion Island where she completed her professional training while carrying out an environmental project aimed at comparing Québec’s national parks with those of Madagascar. The recipient of numerous scholarships including one from the ACDI and more recently the Adrien-Pouliot Award, she recently directed an environmental awareness documentary in Mexico. A member of the Sierra Canada environmental group and a volunteer for both Saint-Vincent-de-Paul and the Red Cross, she perseveres and acts with conviction and passion while holding on to the absolute certainty that she will gradually be able to help change the world.