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Credits: Photo: John Freidah Caption: The summer before her junior year, Flora Klise traveled to Tanzania alongside members of MIT D-Lab to work on the Okoa Project, an ambulance trailer that can be attached to motorcycles. While there, she discovered her interest in water research after seeing children use a well pump to get clean water. Credits: Photo courtesy of the Okoa Project. Caption: After graduating this June, Klise will join Xylem, one of the largest water innovation companies in the world, where she will rotate through three different positions. Credits: Photo: John Freidah
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Growing up in coastal Connecticut, Flora Klise’s childhood was shaped by water. She spent summers taking sailing lessons and working at a local marina. But it wasn’t until she stood next to a well in rural Tan