Honor Society® member
Chinguun Mungunshagai
- civil engineering; transportation engineering and urban planning; project planning in rural development and sustainable management
- Class of 2029
- USA
Member since October 2025
About
First-Generation international student studying at the University of Colorado Denver with a dream of helping urbanize and building sustainable cities in Mongolia. TEDxYOUTH Speaker, Environmental activist, political activist, EducationUSA cohort, part-time artist and literary dreamer.
Education
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University of Colorado Denver
Geogrpahy- Urban and Regional Planning
2025 – Present
Honors and awards
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aice cambridge diploma
Completed 9 IGCSE syllabuses with Distinction Award, 5 A-Levels with Distinction Reward, and 2 A2-levels with Merit Award
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certificate of achievement
TEDxISU Youth Speaker on The Significance of Native Languages and their Preservation.
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certificate of achievement
Cambridge ICE Science-fest Biology Category Gold Certificate. Created Bio-gas (methane) from local food waste for household purposes to tackle the air pollution crisis in Ger-districts of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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certificate of recognition
EducationUSA Competitive College Club Cohort. Hosted weekly meeting between members and PeaceCorp Volunteers to teach English to young children and host higher-education seminars open to the public.
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certificate of recognition
Project Intern at the Mongol Ecology Center. Created over 10 social media posts, reaching audiences of 800+.
Goals and interests
- Career goal
Sustainable urban planning and sustainability management in regional areas.
- Graduate school interests
Sustainability and Regional Urban Planning.
- Outside the classroom
Hiking, yoga, meditating, spirituality, artistic leisures, and reading
Volunteering
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Helped with blood test diagnosis in hospital microbiology laboratory whilst creating agar mediums for bacteria growth.
Mongol Japan Hospital
Jun 2024 – Jul 2024
