Rebecca Hui
In her sophomore year at University of California, Berkeley, she was feeling bad about not attending art school. A friend helped her get an internship at an architecture company in Gujarat, India.  Her boss encouraged her to study Indian culture so she followed cows.  Hui was surprised to learn that cows are very important in India.  She became interested in the relationship between humans and animals because of her roommate.  Her roommate was a Jain.  Jainism believes in being kind and respectful to animals. Because of her roommate's kindness towards animals, Hui felt the same.  While following cows she noticed that the relationship between cows and humans were very different in different areas.  In rural areas, cows are common and are important for milk and farms. In cities they are used for commercial activity and sometimes are harmed by humans.  Hui believes that protection of animals can help public policy.  She has also tried studying elephants and leopards.  During this time, she discovered that buildings were considered more important than wildlife was. She started to believe that animals were very important to keeping ecosystems alive that humans depend on.