Born in Tucson and raised in Patagonia, Duke is a 3rd year student at the University of Arizona studying systems engineering. After his time as an intern in the Borderlands Earth Care Youth (BECY) program, conservation, restoration, and environmental advocacy have become driving passions of his. In the pursuit of his future endeavors, Duke hopes to apply his systems experience to reconceptualizing systems design regarding sustainable environments and find an ethical ground between the borders of engineering and environmentalism after his time in school.