(L to R) Lizzi Weyany, executive director of MAPC, Chahat Kalia, and Erin Wortman, president of MAPC.

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) has awarded a scholarship to Somerville High student Chahat Kalia.

Kalia received the Planning Our Communities: Reimagining the Region Scholarship, created to support the next generation of planners advancing MAPC’s mission to create a region that is equitable, sustainable, collaborative, and climate-resilient.

Chahat Kalia is a senior at Somerville High School who will be attending Columbia University in New York in the fall. Kalia is a founder and facilitator for Somerville Public School Climate Clubs, has served as a council member on the Governor’s Youth Climate Council, and has pursued multiple opportunities in climate work locally and state-wide.

The $1,000 scholarship goes to graduating high school seniors from a secondary school in any of the 101 cities and towns in the Greater Boston region who are committed to advancing a more equitable, sustainable, collaborative, and climate-friendly region through studies in any of the following fields: Climate; Community Engagement; Community, Housing, and Economic Development; Environmental Protection; Geographic Information System (GIS) and Spatial Analysis; Inclusive Mobility and Transportation; Municipal Governance; Planning; Public Health, Public Policy;  Sustainable Development and Preservation.