(Image: Courtesy of Irene Sans)

Meteorologist Irene Sans joins the Eye on the Storm team at Yale Climate Connections for the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season.

Yale Climate Connections: Where are you from, and where do you live now?

Irene Sans: I was born in Venezuela and came to the U.S. at the age of nine. I grew up and studied meteorology in Florida. For work reasons, I have lived in Massachusetts, Texas, and Orlando.

What did you want to be when you were little?