Independent candidate Varsha Madapoosi runs for ASUC Senate Varsha Madapoosi UC Berkeley sophomore Varsha Madapoosi is running independently for ASUC Senate on a platform built on intersectionality and environmental justice. Pursuing a double major in data science and society and environment, Madapoosi is running to represent the campus environmental community, or eco-community. Her priorities as a senatorial candidate include expanding environmental justice and intersectional education, as well as fostering a stronger network within the eco-community. Madapoosi’s platform is shaped by her experiences of feeling like an “imposter” for not fitting in with the common definition of what an environmentalist is. However, through her involvement in campus environmental organizations, such as the Students of Color Environmental Collective, she has developed her own narrative of what an environmentalist is.