Rowan is currently pursuing a B.A. in international development studies and Russian studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Previously, she served as a research intern for the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia, where she conducted policy research and provided recommendations to integrate gender issues into climate change programs for CAMP4ASB, as well as completed field research at the Aral Sea on fisheries and climate change. Collectively, Rowan has spent over twenty months studying, interning, and researching in Moldova, Georgia, and Kazakhstan.

Her research primarily concerns climate change policy and development in Eurasia, and she is fluent in both English and Russian.