POP Festival 2021 - Youth Panelists

	Kehkashan Basu Founder President Green Hope Foundation	Winner of the 2016 International Children’s Peace Prize, 20-year-old Kehkashan Basu is an iconic youth leader, global influencer, environmentalist, champion of women and children’s rights, TEDx speaker, Climate Reality Mentor, author, musician, peace and sustainability campaigner. A Forbes 30 Under 30 and the first-ever Winner of the Voices Youth Gorbachev-Schultz Legacy Award for her work on nuclear disarmament, Kehkashan is a United Nations Human Rights Champion, a National Geographic Young Explorer, a UN Habitat Young City Champion and the youngest ever Global Coordinator for the UN Environment Program’s Major Group for Children & Youth and one of Canada's Top25 Women of Influence. Kehkashan is the Founder-President of global social innovation enterprise Green Hope Foundation, that works at a grassroots level in 25 countries, empowering young people, especially those from vulnerable communities, in the sustainable development process and she has spoken at over 200 United Nations and other global fora across 25 countries. She is the youngest Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions, Council Lead of the Toronto-St. Paul's Constituency Youth Council, Canada, a member of the World Humanitarian Forum Youth Council and has tirelessly worked to amplify the voices of young people, women and girls, in decision-making processes.
	Afronelly Wonne, myEnvironemntmyWealth	WONNE Afronelly is indisputably #TheVERDANT! An outstanding youth and broadcaster with finesse, with profound knowledge in Environmental Sustainability, Climate Change, Youth Development and Capacity Building. She has garnered great wealth of knowledge from at least 9 years of volunteering for organizations home and abroad, proven to be a CHAMPION and PACE SETTER for the Youth and currently a Global Partner with Ocean Conservancy USA, the Co-cordinator SwimWay Africa and the YouTube host African Swimways that harps on river connectivity, fish and people of Africa. She is initiator ‘myEnvironment myWealth’, the only pro-environment media advocacy program in the Niger Delta since 2016 and has won several awards including United Nations Award for Environment Hero. She is actively involved in Climate Literacy, Upcycling and Recycling, teaching creating more awareness about Circular economy amongst young people. She believes Africa would be greater with more Verdant Youths across the continent, and aims to raise 1000 Verdant Youths in Africa by 2025.
	Ivan Ransom, Resilience 2020	Ivan Ransom, BSc in Biology at the UNAM and specialized in Sustainable Development through 10 courses and diplomates, and postgrad studies at the University of St Andrews. As a climate advocate, Ivan has been raising awareness in environmental issues and solutions for 5 years, and as an independent consultant, Ivan has won public and private sector competitions. Moreover, he is co-author of two research papers, and did cancer research at the University of Aberdeen.
	Edson Castro Bautista, National President, National Chamber of Young Mexican Politicians (CANAJOPMX)	Edson Castro Bautista is 21 years old, he is from Durango, Mexico and he is a young man committed to his State and his country. He is currently studying Law and has a certificate as a Political Consultant with a mention in Intelligence and Counterintelligence from Goberna Analytics. He is National President of the National Chamber of Young Mexican Politicians (CANAJOPMX) and Secretary General of the Model United Nations JOPERMUN. He is a designer and developer of social, environmental and human rights projects. Finally, he has received Awards for Science and Technology, Entrepreneurship, Human Rights, Lobbying and Youth.
	ING. Avelina Calles Fragoso, Subdirectora General y Co-Fundadora, CONIGE	Deputy Director General and Co-Founder of the National Council of Engineering in Business Management AC, active representative of the career of Engineering in Business Management promoting events, programs and activities of social responsibility, sustainability, linking, networking and senior management within the organization and companies allies; ambassador and operational representative member of the United Nations Global Compact through CONIGE A.C.
	Maria Fernanda Torres	is a member of EarthEcho’s Youth Leadership Council and is from Peru, but grew up in Miami, Florida. She is a sophomore at Boston University where she is pursuing a degree in biomedical engineering and marine science. Her interest in marine and environmental science grew during high school, where she was part of Miami Waterkeeper’s leadership board for two years, and she was able to share information on South Florida’s water crisis with diverse audiences through civic engagement and advocacy. Maria was also part of EarthEcho International’s Water Challenge Ambassador Program for two years, where she helped form environmental projects that can be shared with schools and communities. Additionally, Maria worked with EarthEcho’s Youth Leadership Council to launch Future In The Bag in South Florida, a pilot program organized to reduce the consumption of plastic bags in grocery stores through a library system of reusable bags. Additionally, Maria has her project called Helping Pachamama, which she established in 2018. Every summer she works with Huandar, a rural community in Cuzco, Peru, to initiate environmental education with young children to protect and preserve the water quality of the River Urubamba. She has plans to expand her project by implementing a science education program in the community’s primary and secondary schools. Her goal is to decrease the contamination levels of the River Urubamba for the community and environment’s well-being.
	Silvia Cantu Bautista (SPANISH)	https://peaceboatusoffice.wordpress.com/2019/02/21/interview-with-sdg-youth-scholar-silvia-cantu-bautista/
	Debora Ostos Martínez (SPANISH) Youth Member, CONIGE	Debora Ostos was part of CONIGE on the campus of the Technological Institute of Ciudad Madero during her student period, in which he excelled in creating activities for the care of the environment in which the students and volunteers helped in activities such as cleaning of the beach of Miramar, of the local lagoons and reforestation within the campus. She has also been involved in social movements on non-violence against women, gender equity and support groups for LGBT+ students.
	Ibrahi Rodriguez, EarthX	My name is Ibrahi Rodriguez, I'm a 20 years old Marine Biology student, from the Galapagos Islands. Growing up surrounded by the ocean became my inspiration to start thinking of how I could help preserve it. Since I was 15, I started to assist research projects through environmental education programs aimed primarily for the non-scientific community's involvement in the archipelago's conservation; that's how I started to grow professionally into the sea turtles world. I've been part of several tagging and nesting sites monitoring programs in Ecuador, Costa Rica and Mexico. Nowadays, I'm part of the Health Assessments in Sea Turtles from B.C.S. team, a scientific research group tasked on developing hematic-pathologic, genetic lineages and geographic distribution studies on individuals of the Eastern Pacific Green Sea Turtle that reside on the Baja California Peninsula, in Mexico.
	Alejandra Fragoso	Alejandra Yareth Fragoso Altamirano. Estudiante de Ingeniería Industrial tiene 21 años y es originaría de México. Actualmente lleva a cabo una investigación para el desarrollo de una nueva tecnología para conseguir agua del aire. Se unió a POP Movement en 2020, en este movimiento hoy en día está dando sus primeros pasos a su proyecto “Acua-Priority”, el cual busca crear medios para la obtención del líquido vital de la vida, emulando medios como los de Warka wáter de Etiopia , teniendo como visión llevar a poblados lejanos y de alta prioridad agua de consumo humano y huertos hídricos captadores de niebla/agua, reduciendo así el tiempo de traslado de los pobladores logrando su bienestar y mejorando su calidad de vida. El proyecto planea capacitar y dirigir también estas comunidades de tal forma que se creen redes con comunidades indígenas y urbanas. Esto para que una vez abastecida la necesidad básica del agua se tenga mayor tiempo para el aprendizaje u otro sector a desarrollar. Con la misión de que exista y se desarrolle un equilibrio entre ecología, sociedad y economía Acua-Priority fue pensada y actualmente está en etapa evolutiva.
	Ana Poot Cahun, Mujer indígena, maya Diputada Juvenil en el estado de Quintana Roo	Ana del Carmen Poot Cahum, Maya indigenous woman, originally from the community of Tihosuco, Quintana Roo, Mexico. She is 22 years old, currently a student of Engineering in Agroecological Production Systems. Youth Deputy in the state of Quintana Roo, member of the International Network of Youth of Community Agroecology (RIAC), made the Virtual Stay of the XXV Summer of Scientific and Technological Research of the Pacific, collaborating in the project "METHODOLOGY LIFE SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF AGRICULTURE FAMILIAR" Member of Local Guides Aventura Telá, with Honorary Mention in the competition bike villages 2020
	Jordyn Brown, CCL Triangle Youth Team Volunteer, Citizen's Climate Lobby, Creedmoor, NC, United States	Jordyn Brown is a climate advocate from North Carolina and youth member at Citizen's Climate Lobby. There she has had the opportunities to lobby Congress, work with town councils to pass climate resolutions, and educate her peers on how they can get involved through presentations! After living on the coast of North Carolina, Jordyn realized the threat of climate change was more serious than ever. She is passionate about encouraging youth to become active, so that future generations can experience healthy and happy lives.
	Ms. Xiye Bastida, Youth Leader, Fridays for Future, New York City	Ms. Xiye Bastida was born and raised in México as part of the Otomi-Toltec indigenous peoples in México State. She is a teenage climate activist based in New York City and one of the lead organizers of the Fridays For Future youth climate strike movement. She mobilized 600 students from her school for the first climate strike in March 2019 and has taken a citywide leadership role in organizing climate strikes and speaking out about climate justice issues in rallies and town halls. She sits on the administration committee of the People's Climate Movement, where she brings the voice of youth to existing grassroots and climate organizations. Ms.Bastida launched a youth activism training program last Summer of 2019 to expand the climate justice movement and is a member of Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion. In 2018, she was invited to the 9th United Nations World Urban Forum to speak about indigenous cosmology. She also spoke at COP25 on related issues. She received the “Spirit of the UN” award in 2018.
	Lauren Sandberg. Eco Eaters	Lauren Sandberg attends Tahoe Expedition Academy in Truckee, California, and is the secretary of Earth Warriors, her high school’s environmental club. The Earth Warriors started a project called Eco Eaters, which focuses on helping restaurants around Lake Tahoe reduce their use of single-use plastics and raise awareness among customers. Currently, she is working with another eco club member to pass a resolution to make her school a part of the Schools for Climate Action organization which calls on Congress to act on climate legislation. She has recently attended and spoke at a local town meeting to encourage the local ski resort to support the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, a policy that taxes carbon, and invited people to join the Protect Our Winters group that supports climate action. Lauren believes that local and subnational initiatives such as these can greatly help limit global warming.
	Caroline Sandberg. Eco Eaters	A student at Tahoe Expedition Academy in Truckee, California, Caroline Sandberg is the Co- Founder and President of Earth Warriors, her high school’s environmental club. The Earth Warriors started a project called Eco Eaters, which is focused on helping restaurants around Lake Tahoe reduce their use of single use plastics and raising awareness among customers. Caroline recently led her school in a climate strike in Reno, Nevada, where she was interviewed by a local news station on raising awareness for climate action through simple lifestyle changes. Also, she is heading a project to build a greenhouse at her school to encourage healthy eating habits and plant-based diets. Caroline believes that lifestyle changes are a crucial first step to fighting the greenhouse effect and saving the planet.
	Summer Benjamin. Eco Eaters	My name is Summer Benjamin and I am a 17-year-old Caribbean American ocean advocate, climate activist, avid diver, and sailor. After witnessing the beauty of Life Below Water first-hand, I have been committed to using my voice and my power to advocate for the mitigation of global warming and protect marine biodiversity. I have demonstrated my commitment to the youth climate movement through my involvement with global initiatives such as the World Sustainable Development Forum, Protect our Planet Movement, GlobalMindedED, and local grassroots initiatives, such as the Eco Eaters. Currently, I am in the process of initiating an SOA Hub in the Caribbean.
	Katie Cashman, Co-founder of the Climate Action Academy and the Director of Climate Action at 2811 International Social Change Platform (Minneapolis, United States)	Katie Cashman is a 27 year old activist and Climate Action Lead of the Social Change Platform “2811”. Katie works on the promotion of climate action in schools and universities by training teachers and activating student innovation. Katie holds a bachelor in geography from McGill University and a masters in urban management from Technical University Berlin. She worked as a sustainable urban development consultant for UN-Habitat for two years in Nairobi, Kenya and has been working with 2811 on Climate Action organizing since 2019, both in Chile and the United States. Katie speaks four languages, has articles published in several international media outlets and co-founded an NGO that recently built a community center in the Mathare Slums of Nairobi. On top of her work with 2811, Katie is an active member of Sierra Club and MN350 in her home state of Minnesota. With 2811, Katie has led the Climate Action Academy to train more than 500 teachers and students in environmental education from North and South America within the past two years. She’s a motivated team leader and organizer, driven by the mission to create a resilient future for all.
	Ing. Marisa Dei Apodaca Avalos Unidad de Investigación en Ambiente y Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente	• Graduate in Environmental Engineering (2012-2016) from Universidad de Occidente, Unidad Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. • Master of Science Student in Studies for Sustainability and the Environment, Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México, Unidad Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. • Official member of the Mexican Aerobiology Network (REMA) (2017). • Currently attached to the Environmental and Health Research Unit at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Unidad Los Mochis.
	Sydney Mason N/A Triangle Youth Team of Citizens Climate Lobby Hillsborough, North Carolina	Hi! My name is Sydney Mason. I am a member of Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s Triangle Youth Team and have been since July of 2020. I am a junior at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics. I am invested in climate change mitigation tactics like carbon pricing because this past year has shown how vulnerable my family is to the climate crisis, from my family in the West facing the fires to my family on the Atlantic Coast worrying about rising sea levels.
	Sam Schimmel Youth Leader Arctic Youth Ambassador/ Arctic Youth Network
	Samuel C. Okorie, POP Youth Mentor and Ambassador for Africa	Samuel C. Okorie, a passionate social researcher about grassroots and community development. He is a graduate in in Sociology and Anthropology from the prestigious University of Calabar and holds a higher diploma in Computer Software Application from Mater Misericordia Computer Institute. He has expertise in digital tech, marketing, and sustainability. Samuel has professional recognition as a climate activist and environmentalist and gender and human right instructor by FIGHR (UN affiliated organization). With over 3 years of professional working experience in development sector on climate and environment, education, gender, social justice, and advocacy, Samuel is a certified climate and health educator. He is a certified community facilitator for women and children, and a global youth representative and speaker. Samuel has been a speaker in several global forums like World Sustainable Development Forum, Youth Leadership Network, Earth odyssey, Vox Media, POP Festival, MOCK COP26, UN Climate Change Dialogue, Warsaw Executive meeting on Loss and Damage, Santiago Committee Network on loss and damage to address climate change, advocacy, and grassroots mobilization, and many more. He is a recipient of global leadership awards, recognitions and appreciations. Samuel is a spokesperson for MOCK COP26, an Ambassador for UNODC Education for Justice (e4j), Ambassador for POP Movement Africa, Ambassador for Global Youth Climate Action Initiative, Team Partner at Eco City and Cheers, Team Lead Partner representing Africa on a Global Campaign #NotYetRecycled by JF media. Samuel has received a global recognition from over 40 countries. He is also a Fellow of Federation of International Gender and Human Rights, GUNZ Leadership Institute, UNESCO Center; Peace Land Nigeria, and an SDGs Champion (Nigeria) 2020.
	Meda Hope	Malinga Meda Hope is a 17-year-old student in Gayaza High School of Ugandan nationality, Founder and general coordinator of Hitaji Africa, a social activist so passionate about youth empowerment on their role play to sustainable development. She has engaged in humanitarian service since the age of 8. Upon realising the power of education in 2016, she has always engaged youth in socio-economic development initiatives all geared towards achieving the major reason for the formation of the organisation; to attain UN SDG 4 and its related goals. By 22nd February 2020, a total of 645 lives had been directly impacted by the Hitaji Africa team projects all based on education, gender-based violence and child protection, food security and environment conservation. @ Hitaji Africa,"We saw the need and took the lead!"
	Kevin Morales Munstermann	Biologist, delegate representing Somalia in the UN Simulation in 2007, monitor of the Ministry of Foreign Relations in the 62nd. DPI / NGO Conference and as AIESEC volunteer from 2010 to 2013 where he was vice-president of outgoing exchanges in AIESEC ITAM, as national support team and as facilitator in conferences. He did his exchange with AIESEC Lagos, Nigeria, where he worked in Brothers Keepers Initiative. He works at Asado del Valle (family restaurant). He’s co-Founder of BVB09MEX Fanclub (official Borussia Dortmund fanclub in Mexico), of Academia Borussia (football academy), of Fussballplatz (soccer field in Mexico City), and of Resilience 2020.
	Ana Hanhausen Domenech, Plastic Oceans México	Ana recently graduated with honors as a Chemical Engineer from Mexico City’s Iberoamericana University. Since 2018, she has collaborated with Plastic Oceans Mexico, which is part of an international organization working to minimize plastic pollution in the ocean. In March of 2020, she began collaborating on the POP Movement’s POP Ocean Initiative, which aims to educate,mentor and support youth-led marine conservation projects. Ana has participated as both speaker and organizer of events and activities to raise awareness on global environmental issues, including the World Sustainable Development Forum in 2020, where she presented the perspective of youth on the urgent need for climate action. Through her work in POP Ocean she has organized workshops and summits to promote ocean action and literacy, including the POP Ocean Virtual Summit and the Youth-Led Ocean Action and Advocacy Workshop. She is a co-founder of “The Color Book”, a project that aims to make climate action easy and accessible for everyone through simple day to day actions at different impact levels. Ana was recently awarded the Youth Medal of Merit by Mexico City’s Congress for her record in raising awareness on climate change and motivating the youth to take action and become a part of the solution.
	Jussa Kudherezera, Coordinator, Manica Youth Assembly*	Jussa Kudherezera founder of an environmental youth led community based organisation in Mutare Zimbabwe. A self motivated activist and young man who is very concerned with and/ advocates for the protection of the environment and community development. A champion of environmental, peace, social, and economic initiatives and advocacy at local, regional and global level.
	Daniela Gomez	Daniela recently graduated from Universidad de las Américas Puebla with an honors degree in Biology. She is a member of the Royal Society of Biology (RSB), and since 2015 she has been collaborating with leading non-profit organizations in nature conservancy, such as Amigos del Museo del Desierto, and Natura y Ecosistemas Mexicanos. The first focuses on educating people on the rich history and ecological importance of desert ecosystems, while the second works hand-in-hand with local communities for the conservation of the Lacandona rainforest in Chiapas. Although she has focused most of her work in terrestrial ecosystems, Daniela has a special interest in ocean conservancy. During an academic exchange to the University of Queensland, Australia, she learned about climate science and the huge role played by the oceans as climate buffers; which led her to become an ocean advocate, and to collaborate in mangrove reforestation programs in Veracruz and the POP Ocean initiative. The urgency of climate change motivated her to develop an inclusive solution based on the power of individual action, leading her to co-found theColorBook, a digital platform that aims to help people take climate action and reduce their ecological footprint by joining efforts with NGOs and sustainable companies.
	Jamilla Sealy, Former Regional Chairperson, Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN)	Jamilla Sealy is an environmental advocate and educator. She currently works at Barbados’ Ministry of Environment and National Beautification as an Assistant Project Coordinator in the Biodiversity and Conservation Management Program. She studied Natural Resources and Environmental Management at the undergraduate and post- graduate levels at the University of West Indies. During her MSc., she chose climate change as her focus, where she learned about climate science, current trends and policy. She was the Regional Chairperson of the Caribbean Youth Environment Network (CYEN) from 2014-2019, and since joining CYEN, she has focused on the field of climate change through various activities like managing the ‘World Wide Views’ consultation on Climate and Energy, participating in the ‘Action/2015’ and ‘1.5 to Stay Alive’ campaigns, assisting in writing statements for Caribbean Youth, conducting studies on youth perspectives on climate change in the region, speaking about climate change and SIDS at workshops, and so on. Most notably, Ms. Sealy was on the national delegation at COP23 of the climate change conference and the ACE Youth Forum. She was given the Queen’s Young Leader Award for her environmental advocacy and education
	Gabriela Madrid, POP Movement	16 years old, she studies 5th year high school at the U.E. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel. Member of the Model United Nations of the U.E. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel (GAMUN), since 2018. Awards achieved: MD, UNEP Committee, theme "Thawing of the Arctic Circle", CAMUN 2018. 1st Honorable Mention. NATO Committee, theme "Russian Presence in the Black Sea". SACMUN 2019. Honorable Mention, Panel of Experts Committee, topic ¨The Legalization of Abortion ”, SSORIMUN 2019. Verbal Mention Panel of Experts Committee, topic“ Stigmatization of Women ”, LAFEMUN 2019. Staff Member, Academic Secretary of the Model of the United Nations of the EU San Gabriel Arcángel School (GAMUN), 2019/2020. Ciudadana Verde, 2020. Founding member of the POP Venezuela Movement, 2020. Member of the POP World Team, representative of young Venezuelans, 2020.
	Haaziq Kazi, Ervis Foundation	Haaziq Kazi is 14 years old and is passionate about the oceans and tackling the plastic problem afflicting oceans and marine life. At the age of 11 he was invited to TED ED talk in New York to talk about his invention, Ervis the Ship, which is designed to clean oceans, with an aim to solve the plastic waste crisis problem. He has spoken on multiple other forums including, TedxGateway Mumbai, TedxJGEC, VJTI college, TedxICEM, Seed and Chips Summit and Economic Times Global Business Summit to raise awareness on the danger of plastic pollution. Haaziq is also a vocal proponent of circular economy and is currently engaged in creating viable solutions on alleviating inefficiencies in current consumption of plastic at a macro level and adhering to the circular economy framework. In addition, Haaziq is working towards creating an awareness campaign and has established an NGO, the Ervis Foundation, wherein he is working with the youth to bring generational change in the way they interact with plastic. Haaziq is currently the Regional Focal Point for SDG14, Youth Constituency for the United Nations Major Group for Children and Youth. He was recently nominated to present his statement on behalf of UNMGCY at the 2020 United Nations session of the High-Level Political Forum.
	Ms. Mabel Fernandes	Ms.Mabel Fernandes is a 13 year old, class VIII student of St. Anthony Secondary School located at Faridabad, Haryana, India. Mabel has been a topper of her class in each academic session till date. She was the Head Girl for the Primary Section of the School during the year 2016-17. Mabel is very dedicated to all the activities she carries out. She was awarded second position in the Online Dance competition, at a State level competition organized by the District Council for Child Welfare, Faridabad, during the lockdown. She holds a junior diploma in Bharatnatyam, an Indian classical dance
	Anika Variyambath	Anika Variyambath is studying in Class 5 in Kerala Education Society Senior Secondary School, Mayur Vihar Phase 3, Delhi. Dancing is her greatest passion.
	Alejandro Bravo Quezada	Oceanographer since 2000, Master in Marine Resource Management, Master's degree in fundraising and management. Co-author of the first Pilot project for the integral management of sargassum in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo, Mexico in 2015. Participation in COP16 in Cancún, México, 2010. International sargassum congress in Cancun, Mexico, 2019 Sargasso international conference, guadeloupe island, french Antilles, 2019 Expert in bathymetric surveys and field work to integrate geographic information systems for coastal projects. Aware that citizen participation is crucial to help in government decisions for the benefit of society.
	Omar AntonioMontero Grisanti	Omar Antonio Montero Grisanti. Age: 20 years. Born in Venezuela, living in that country. Currently a Medicine student at the University of Carabobo and a Physiotherapy student at the Arturo Michelena University. Student leader at the University of Carabobo, being part of the GenteUC 24 movement (since 2020). He is a member of the Tierra Blanca Foundation (since 2020), member of the POP Venezuela movement (since 2021). Highlighted in the United Nations Models. Former member of the Seijista delegation for Model United Nations. Academic secretary of the first edition of SEMUN in 2018. General advisor in two editions of MOTANU (2019,2020). Currently a member of the Carabobeña Delegation for United Nations Models (CADMUN). Faculty Advisor of the Tarbesian Delegation for Model United Nations (DETANU). I like to create awareness in the society of the present so that we are a sustainable society, that is, that we can have a future in a healthy and prosperous Mother Earth.
	Carolyn Raider, USA
	Willy Tsague	I have over 6 years of experience volunteering in the humanitarian field, empowering and assisting the underprivileged and youth through community projects and skill-building initiatives. Currently, I act as the director of programmes and the chief in charge of the translation cell of the Cameroon Debate Association, where I mounts up and ensures the monitoring and follow-up of projects, plans and organizes the report of regional and national Speech Arts competitions and activities related to leadership of members, translate and coordinate the translation of the association archives. Having as vision to pave the way for others, I am a project assistant of the project for the empowerment of the internally displaced persons in Dschang, under the French Embassy in Cameroon and a volunteer at the International network for the promotion of speech art in Africa, Caribbean and Pacific, where I have empowered over 500 youths on speech arts and leadership. Besides, I volunteered previously in the “NGO Horizon Jeune” based on youth empowerment, the fight against gender based violence, and sexually transmitted diseases. With the organization I served as a peer educator for HIV/AIDS, where I animated community talks on HIV/aids, Face to face follow-ups with interested persons. As one of the Cameroon National debate coaches, I have trained and accompanied debaters and public speakers to national speech arts competitions in Cameroon. Of late, I proposed my delegation for the OIC Model High School Summit held in Turkey and my list was selected to represent Cameroon. I am a YALI alumni 2020. Online, I share on my blog (https://pavingwaysforallmoney.finance.blog/2020/02/29/expire-to-make-a-difference/) my vision of the world with my network on my numerous platforms.
	Ricardo Andrés Delgado Lander, POP Youth Leader	Student of Social Communication at the Arturo Michelena University, Venezuela member of the Movement POP Venezuela, theater actor and passionate about education and the arts. Since childhood, interested in environmental and social actions, scout member, influenced by important figures of contemporary Venezuela, and by the work of his parents. Due to the political and economic crisis in my country, I had to move to a small school that allowed me to experience the social contrast of my country and feel the reality that the vast majority of citizens live, and thus I began to volunteer as a teacher and discovered that I am passionate about education. After my graduation I started going to orphanages to teach the children the English language; contribute to the teaching of basic aspects such as mathematics, reading and literature; and help them with the collection of resources for their maintenance. Member of the Red Cross also has led various activities in conjunction with community residents in order to restore the green and public spaces. Currently I continue to contribute to the education of low-income children and young people in my city, as well as I have been able to teach and take the performing arts to them even to other cities. More recently I joined the Venezuela POP Movement, and it has been one of the best decisions of my life. I never want to stop studying because the world requires people prepared to improve it. My next goal is to finish my current degree and start studying political science.
	Ngufack Jovis Arnold	Arnold is a PHD student of university of Yaounde 1, volunteer liaison officer of icad enterprise . climate activist with a speciality in climate change biodiversity and REED+.
	Johan Ramos, a representative of Warao ethnic group, Venezuela.	Prof. Johan Ramosa is a 23 year-old young man from Warao ethnic group from Delta Amacuro State, Venezuela. He is a Professor of Educational Strategies and Methods for indigenous peoples, computer engineer and specialist in Indian Theology of Latin American Peoples. Executive Secretary of the Indigenous Pastoral of the Warao People, Member of the Panamazonic Ecclesial Network, and defender of Human Rights for the Penal Forum.
	Ing. Oscar Eduardo Delgado Santana, Automation Engineer in Continental Automotive	He holds a bachelors degree in electrical mechanical engineering, with a specialization in Automation and Electrical Design, by University of Guadalajara. He is currently an automation engineer in Continental Automotive. His experience englobes subjects such as wastewater treatment, electrical installations, engineer project leader, programming different types of robots, quality standards, and global project management in a national and international level. He is an entrepreneurial engineer, passionate, committed to the development of society and the environment. He has completed different courses and he is a certified engineer on robot programming. He is now working on research to generate electricity from wind out of the grid.
	Susana Delgado, activist and POP Youth Leader	Young environmental activist and student of environmental technology engineering, strong believer that people can change their way of living if given the information and support they need. In her school she's implementing a student driven orchard to help the students in need.
	Nancy Camila Michelle Jiménez Macías
	Mario Santiz, Tsotsil Etnia, San Juan Chamula, Chiapas	I am Mario from the Tsotsil Etnia, living in San Juan Chamula, Chiapas, I´m Ingenieur in Sustainable Development and my passion is my people, my culture and the environment. My dream is to provide ecological fireplaces to every family in my community. This what I believe in: "The Harmony Between the Earth and Man is known as Conservation. My energy is and will continue to be the essence of my Indigenous People and my roots that give me the strength to continue fighting"
	Omar Montero, POP Youth Leader	Omar Antonio Montero Grisanti. Age: 20 years. Born in Venezuela, living in that country. Currently a Medicine student at the University of Carabobo and a Physiotherapy student at the Arturo Michelena University. Student leader at the University of Carabobo, being part of the GenteUC 24 movement (since 2020). He is a member of the Tierra Blanca Foundation (since 2020), member of the POP Venezuela movement (since 2021). Highlighted in the United Nations Models. Former member of the Seijista delegation for Model United Nations. Academic secretary of the first edition of SEMUN in 2018. General advisor in two editions of MOTANU (2019,2020). Currently a member of the Carabobeña Delegation for United Nations Models (CADMUN). Faculty Advisor of the Tarbesian Delegation for Model United Nations (DETANU). I like to create awareness in the society of the present so that we are a sustainable society, that is, that we can have a future in a healthy and prosperous Mother Earth
	Maria Milagros
	Karol Moreno
	Arnoldo Gonzalez, Co - founder and General Director of the National Council of Engineering in Companies Management A. C. (CONIGE),	Business Management Engineer from the National Technological Institute of Mexico, campus Culiacan. Master's Student in Business and Administration with Specialty in Quality and Productivity at the Tecmilenio University. Coordinator of the State Data Bank at the Instituto Sinaloense de las Mujeres, decentralized body of the Government of the State of Sinaloa, as well as Co - founder and General Director of the National Council of Engineering in Management Empresarial A. C. (CONIGE), an organization with a focus on empowerment and access to tools for engineering students in disciplines for the purpose of business management, as well as, he is an independent consultant of Transportes y Servicios de Cleaning Romeji SA de CV, service company, expert in logistics and resource management, as well as security and prevention of risks.
	Andrés David Barragán Hernández, Autonomous University of Manizales.	My name is Andrés David Barragán Hernández, I am 21 years old, I am from Colombia, an International Business student at the Autonomous University of Manizales. I participated as a research intern in the Delfín program in 2020 where I had the opportunity to meet and join the POP Movement. Currently I am a young undergraduate researcher, I support the psychology area of the University and I am a mentor to help young people in the integration into university life.
	Mandisa
	Melina Maldona Sandoval, Etnia Mayo-Yoreme, Ahome Sinaloa, México.	Melina Maldonado Sandoval, I was born on 02.11.78, I am 42 years old, Ahome Sinaloa Mexico, I live in the Mayo-Yoreme indigenous community of the Lázaro Cárdenas fishing camp in the municipality of Ahome Sin. I am a community environmental promoter. I do work monitoring sea turtles in feeding areas in OHUIRA bay, as well as cleaning in the protected islands of the Gulf of California in this same bay. My favorite hobby is making crafts in shells and snail and all the reusable waste that the sea throws. I am a student of the first semester of rural sociology at the UAIM (Autonomous Indigenous University of Mexico) Los Mochis campus, and my best activity is to become a mother of two girls and a boy of 24.12 and 21 years.
	Gabriel Rivadeneira
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	Adriana Arcilla
	Felix Hernández, President of the organizing committee for business management engineering, Culiacán, Sinaloa	Hello, I am Félix Hernández, President of the organizing committee for business management engineering in the city of Culiacán Sinaloa. Currently affiliated with the National Council of Engineering in Business Management A.C. Along the way I abide by the mission of being that agent of change that can add value to society through activities focused on caring for the environment and altruistic. Giving Smiles an altruistic movement to which I am part and being the joy of many little ones that undoubtedly gives you added value, as time goes by my interest in helping more people increases and we create Collaborating for love always seeing the way to contribute more and create awareness in society how important it is to help society to build a more harmonious and united Mexico. I develop as Administrative Manager of MH Maxillofacial at Hospital Ángeles, creating a responsible and highly prestigious organization.
	Sara V. González Troncoso, POP Movement Mentor for the Dominican Republic	Sara is a POP Movement Mentor for the Dominican Republic. She is an advisor for International Relations of the Climate Change Council of the Presidency of the Republic. She is a member of the Roster of Experts of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Sara is also a member of the Evaluation Committee of the Investment Fund for Social and Environmental Impact of AFI Pioneer. Sara holds a degree in Law with Postgraduate Diploma in Climate Change and Land Management, currently studying a Master's Degree in Foreign Trade Management. She is a specialist in Instrumentation and Analysis of Public Policies on Climate Change and Financing Mechanisms to promote Climate Action (SDG 13).
	Edgar Andres. Martínez Lozano , Music Composer for film and pure music	Edgar Martínez. Born in Leon, Guanajuato. He is a young Mexican music composer & pianist studied at the Conservatory of music & arts of Celaya and currently studying music composition for audiovisuals and scenic arts at the Autonomous University of Queretaro. His music has been presented in countries like; United States, Mexico, Brazil, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom & Croatia (In +20 festivals, some named as; International Sound and Film music Festival in Pula, Prisma Rome Film Festival, Travers City Film Festival, MiraBan UK Film Awards, Pixelatl). Also his music has been revised by people like; HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS, CLINT BAJAKIAN, JEFF RUSSO, ALISON PLANTE, PAOLO TORTIGLIONE, INON ZUR & JEFF BROADBENT.
	Patrícia Chamrazov, Slovakia	I am an intermedia artist always flying and switching between analogue and digital mediums. I come from Bratislava and I am currently based in Vienna. On track to finish my Master’s in Intermedia at Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava and simultaneously studying Transmedia Art at University of Applied Arts Vienna. In my latest works I am playing a lot with virtual realities where the perceptions of our “self” is expanding far beyond our physical space. My aim is to point out to a space balancing on the edge between the physical and virtual. I feel like I am metaphorically connecting the latest technologies and the art world while leaving the imperfections and traces of the software that automatically appear during the process as qualities worth to preserve. I am always deconstructing, destroying and reshaping the reality in constant search for some errors and mistakes in system. I am celebrating ambiguous beauty of chaos while reinventing the reason and the risk to be a human being.
	Madhvi Chittoor, Madhvi4EcoEthics	Madhvi Chittoor, 10 yrs old, founder of the non-profit Madhvi4EcoEthics, Best Up and Coming Peacemaker and a Global Ambassador, is a passionate advocate against Plastic and Styrofoam Pollution and Climate Change since the age of 5. To take action against Plastic Pollution, she wrote a book, at age 5, titled, “Is Plastic My Food?” which received recognition from Nat Geo, US Congress and her school district. A Taekwondo Black-belt, a.k.a NoStyrofoam Ninja, at age 6, she worked with her district US Congressman Mr. Ed Perlmutter and the Governors of Colorado Mr. Hickenlooper and Mr. Jared Polis, to declare April as “Plastic and Styrofoam Pollution Awareness Month” for the whole of Colorado. Her signature campaign made her school district, Jeffco Public School District to switch from Styrofoam to compostable trays in all their cafeterias in Sep 2019 impacting 86000 students in 155 schools. She speaks at environmental events nationally and internationally in Italy, Mexico, Mozambique, UK, Bangladesh, India. She was invited for a lunch meeting with Greta Thunberg and to share the stage with her in Oct 2019. Her 2nd signature campaign and many climate rally speeches brought about bills in the Colorado Legislature to ban Styrofoam containers, single-use plastic bags restaurants and cafeterias all over Colorado. She has also convinced the Governor of Colorado to sign the plastic bills into laws which is expected to happen in early June 2021. Her signature campaigns and advocacy have eliminated 7.6 million Styrofoam containers from going to the landfill each year since Sep 2019 for a total of 15.2 million Styrofoam containers. Her specific suggestions for conservation of surface water, storm water and ground water were implemented as rules by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) in Nov 2020 for the whole oil and gas Industry and she was also acknowledged directly by COGCC which is rarely done. She started her global signature campaign for a Global Plastic Policy in Oct 2020 which is supported by Dr. Jane Goodall, many Climate Scientists like Michael Mann, Olga Speranskaya, etc., former Heads of State like Al Gore who is also a Nobel Peace Prize Business Address: 6499 Poppy St, Arvada CO 80007, USA. Madhvi4EE, ChittoorMadhvi Madhvi4EE MadhviChittoor, Madhvi4EcoEthics Laureate, Rosalia Arteaga, Helen Clark, Nobel Peace Prize Laureates like The Dalai Lama, doctors, artists, indigenous communities from 75 countries, 144 organizations all over the world. She met with Madam VP Kamala Harris of USA in-person on March 2021 in a round-table meet and discussed the Global Plastic Policy and in April 2021 presented it to her policy team. (www.madhvi4ee.com/petition/countries). In Dec 2020, Madhvi was awarded the “Best Up and Coming Peacemaker” by Peace Jam Billion Acts backed by 14 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates like Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, Tawakkol Kaman, Kailash Satyarthi, Shirin Ebadi, etc… She organized the International Eco Ethics Summit on April 2021 with Guests of Honor like Former UNEP Head, Mr. Erik Solheim, Climate Scientist Dr. Maibach, Gov of Colorado Mr. Jared Polis, State Rep. Ms. Lisa Cutter, Educationist Dr. Girija Seshadri, Grammy nominated Reggae artist Mr. Pato Banton, and participants from all over the world and presenters from US, India, Mozambique, Gambia and Bangladesh to discuss Climate Action. She did a COVID relief fundraiser for India in April-May 2021 and donated 2 oxygen concentrators and 100 + beds for COVID victims in India. Madhvi Chittoor has been a prolific music composer since the age of 4. She plays the piano, violin, cello, flute, recorder and clarinet. She released her first music album in Sep 2019. The album title, "I am...Princess Genius" is the concatenation of her first composition "Princess Song" and "Genius" composed at age 6, for which she received social media recognition from world renowned movie composers Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer, Nat Geo Genius, 14Street music, movie director Ron Howard. The "Christmas Lights" composition aired at a local radio station in 2018. The composition “Harmony with Nature” resonates with her Climate Change activism. The album is also titled thus to empower girls to enter STEM education and to remind that girls too can be beautiful as a Princess and smart as a Genius. Now she is donating the proceeds from the sale of her album to COVID victims’ relief’ in India. She has performed in the US, India, Italy, Mexico and in France. She is also a recognized author and has 6 published books available in amazon, scribd, apple ibooks and many book retail outlets.
	Mandisa Makhathini	Mandisa Makhathini is a 28 year old PhD student, researcher, tutor and author from the University of Zululand in South Africa. Mandisa is passionate about education and mentoring junior students. Her aim as a senior student is to gain knowledge and impart it onto others. Her future goals are to contribute to the academic field through research and publications as well as to add value to the body of knowledge.
	Christa Cook	Christa received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Louisiana State University. After working as a traditional civil engineer, she joined the Peace Corps in Peru (2016-2018) where she worked on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) projects. She then completed her a master’s degree in sustainable Engineering from Villanova, focusing on international development. She later moved to the Mexican/American border to respond to the migration crisis at the Matamoros Refugee Camp. There, she met two other engineers and together they co-founded Solidarity Engineering. In the Matamoros Refugee Camp, Christa helped develop the stormwater management plan, taught STEM outreach, used ArcGIS to distribute tents and create site maps, and facilitated the construction of a school, playground, and soccer field, among other projects. Christa and Solidarity Engineering are now working in Reynosa, Mexico to develop temporary shelters, clean and distribute potable water to asylum seekers and continue with the STEM outreach program. Christa has focused her career on the integration of WASH with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and drone technology, with an emphasis on working with the migrant community.^[o]
	Aishwarya Vinu Nair	Aishwarya is a 17-year old Grade 11 student from Dubai. She is a professionally trained dancer, black belt holder in karate and a passionate model. One of her biggest achievements involve being crowned as Miss Teen Earth India 2020 at Miss Teen Diva held by Glamanand and winning the Ultimate Solo Winner at India’s International Groovefest 2018 which is an international dance competition. Her other achievements include winning dance competitions held across UAE and India. After being crowned as Miss Teen Earth India, she is closely working with Act Now, which is global network for climate action, environmental awareness and sustainable development. She is also an active member of a non-profit organization in UAE called the Emirates Environmental Group. It is the first environmental organization in the world to be certified by ISO 14001 and the first environmental organization in UAE to be accredited to the United Nations. My advocacy is to spread awareness of the importance of protecting the environment. I've participated in plastic collection, tree plantation and clean-up campaigns.
	La Tisha Parkinson, Trinidad and Tobago	I am an island girl, working at the intersection of education and ocean conservation. My biggest passion is people. My main goal is to ensure everyone has the ability to live their best lives. Peace Boat Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador (2017). Holds a Bachelors of Science in Biology from the University of the West Indies. Working with the Environmental Research Institute of Charlottesville on MPA stakeholder consultation and fisherfolk communication training on a UNESCO Man and the Biosphere Site.
	Paavani, Youth Environment and Climate Activist	PAAVANI, 14, is Youth Environment & Climate Activist and Student Ambassador for World Summit of Students for Climate (WSSC) for India. She is Founding Secretary for Act Now (www.actnow.org.in), a global virtual network for environmental awareness, climate action, sustainability, and peace. From early childhood, she has been fascinated by her mysterious natural surroundings, and has actively taken part in environmental actions that aim to tackle the onslaught of human excesses on Mother Nature. As young as at 6, she joined Environment Online 100 Million Trees by 2017 Campaign as a volunteer. She also represented India in Act Now, Environment Online Conference in Joensuu, Finland in 2017. She also launched Envirate (a ground breaking mobile app to rate our environment) in India with its Founder, Pekka Harju-Autti, as Dehradun became the first Indian city to be rated for its environment. Paavani has also been helping in conduct of environmental workshops and raising of awareness of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals amidst Beauty Pageant Contestants of Miss Multinational, Miss Teen International, Miss International India and Miss Earth India. Paavani became the first student ambassador appointed for Word Summit of Students for Climate (WSSC) (https://www.enoprogramme.org/events/wssc announced-today-in-india/) when it was launched at the Embassy of Finland in New Delhi on 18th January 2019 by Finnish Ambassador to India, Nina Vaskunlahti, ENO CEO, Mika Vanhanen and ENO India Coordinator, Rajiv K Shrivastava. Paavani was invited as a youth speaker to World Circular Economy Forum held in Finland in 2019. WCEF brings together the key stakeholders, the most powerful circular economy thinkers, and doers from around the world. Paavani is one of the hosts and key member of organizing team for World’s Largest and Longest 24H long Environment Online Web Event “Peace is Green” that reaches over 100 countries. The event is graced by Tarja Halonen, Former President of Finland, Tim Christophersen, UNEP, Dr Bishwajit Saha, Director of Central Board of Secondary Education, Govt of India. Nigel Topping, UN COP26, Pekka Haavisto, Finnish Foreign Minister, David Jensen, UNEP Head of Peace and Sustainability, Mathis Wackerhagel, President, Global Footprint Network, Peter Hillary, mountaineer and son of legendary Edmund Hillary, Niall Maccan, National Geographic Explorer, Dr Ash Pachaury, Co-Founder, The POP Movement, Jordan Sanchez, Poetess and voice behind UNEP launch video, Sirpa, Member of European Parliament, Lindsey Coffey, Miss Earth 2020, and Nicole Faria, Miss Earth 2010, among others.
	Wen Tian	Wen Tian is originally from a small industrial city in Hunan Province, China. During her growth, she has witnessed the rapid development of China’s economy. Also, she perceived a lot of direct impact of climate change on human living habitat. With her special interests on the interaction between environmental and development issue, she has completed her Master’s in Development Administration and Planning in University College London and bachelor’s degree in Global and Environmental Studies in The Education University of Hong Kong. During graduate school, she has joined Lunch for Children International, which is an INGO aiming at tackle food security issue on less developed area, as one of the founding members. The POP Movement have provided her the chance to serve her local community on the issues of environment protection, carbon reduction and sustainability. Now she is seeking using the tool of Internet to achieve sustainable development and spreading sustainable lifestyles.
	Shae Reinberg	Shae Reinberg is a senior in high school in Wilmington, North Carolina. Since joining Citizens’ Climate Lobby in July of 2019, Shae has led the Triangle Youth Team. She has also lobbied her representatives, as well as the Chief Environmental Officer of Microsoft, with Citizens’ Climate Lobby and presented to CCL volunteers across the nation, school clubs, classrooms, and a summer camp. Shae intends to study environmental studies and politics at Washington and Lee University in the fall.
	Nancy Camila Michelle Jimenez	Estudiante de la licenciatura de químico farmacéutico biólogo, quien a partir de la pandemia vivida actualmente se ha interesado en el desarrollo de un curso taller de huertos urbanos, que se aplique dentro de su centro universitario, ganadora del concurso Eco proyectos de cuarentena con el proyecto titilado Lecciones que nos dejo el coronavirus.
	Mauricio Rodríguez De la Cruz Medicine student and active member of the Satelite Lab AGPHI - UAQ	Medicine student in the Autonomous University of Querétaro. She was part of the project “Integrated control of COVID-19 through immunomolecular diagnosis and vaccination” in the medical follow up area, from the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro Integral Attention COVID Clinic. Active member of the Satellite Lab of Applied Global Public Health Initiative (AGPHI) - UAQ in the Climate Health area. Project leader of the “1st AGPHI International Summit of Public Health and Climate Change” of the Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and the NYU School of Global Public Health.
	Khadija Stewart	Khadija Stewart is an enthusiastic environmentalist from Trinidad and Tobago with a passion for facilitating behaviour change and inspiring eco-conscious citizens. She holds a BSc in Environmental and Natural Resource Management and Geography from the University of the West Indies; a MSc in Sustainable Development with Management Studies from Kingston University London and an MSc in Climate Change and Development from the University of London. Throughout her environmental journey she has become a Peace Boat Ocean and Climate Youth Ambassador, A sustainable Ocean Alliance Youth Ocean Leader and an active member of the World Youth Parliament for Water.
	Ing. Marisa Dei Apodaca Avalos Unidad de Investigación en Ambiente y Salud, Universidad Autónoma de Occidente	Graduate in Environmental Engineering (2012-2016) from Universidad de Occidente, Unidad Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Master of Science Student in Studies for Sustainability and the Environment, Universidad Autónoma Indígena de México, Unidad Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico. Official member of the Mexican Aerobiology Network (REMA) (2017). Currently attached to the Environmental and Health Research Unit at the Universidad Autónoma de Occidente, Unidad Los Mochis.
	Sam Schimmel Youth Leader Arctic Youth Ambassador/ Arctic Youth Network
	Maria Milagros	Verónica María Milagros Acosta Lucena is 17 years old and 5th year high school student at the U.E. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel. She has been a member of the Model United Nations of the E.U. Colegio San Gabriel Arcángel (GAMUN) since 2017 with two diplomas of participation in the Models. She is a member of Movimiento POP Venezuela. “I joined Movimiento POP Venezuela because Mother Earth is asking us for a change. She wants more sustainable human beings to inhabit it. I believe that by working hard and together we will make a difference. That is why, together with the members of the Movement, we create and grow day by day, to become that change that we want to see in the world. Together as a family to save our home, which has given us so much.”
	Karol Moreno	Karol Moreno. Tengo 18 años. Soy mexicana orgullosamente duranguense. Pertenezco al grupo POP México desde el 2019. Soy estudiante de Derecho por parte del Tecnológico de Monterrey, tengo un proyecto de reciclaje junto con un amigo, y estoy por iniciar uno acerca de la menstruación digna sostenible, en donde se estarán regalando productos de higiene menstrual (como toallas femeninas de tela y copas menstruales) a niñas y mujeres de escasos recursos. Pertenezco a diversos grupos estudiantiles de mi universidad, enfocados en feminismo, vida sustentable y nutrición.
	Summer	Summer is 15 years old and a sophomore at Fairview High School. She was born in Manhattan, New York and now lives in #bouldercolorado. She loves art, film, music, and entrepreneurship. Summer is a key advisor to Dream Tank’s programs and created a card game to learn and unleash big ideas related to the United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals. She created a film production company with her partner, Anya Smith, called Story Architects including Kid Critic Youtube Shows, under the mentorship of Dream Tank. Summer has been interested in #SustainableDevelopmentGoal13, #ClimateAction, for a long time. She has made awareness films about it with her partner Anya. One of her films helped change a law in #Colorado to protect #wildlife. Summer hopes to inspire kids everywhere to take a stand and fight for what they believe in. Story Architect's motto is, "Why wait to shine?" https://lnkd.in/dzbHHry
	Salma Macias, Marine Biology Student	Salma Macias was born in Mexico City, but now live in the Gulf of California. Currently, she is 23 years old. She is an undergraduate student of marine biology, and working on her bachelor thesis with blue whales on The National Park of Loreto Bay. The last six years of my life she has been volunteering with different NGOs, because she is passionate about wildlife conservation. In recent centuries the accelerated pace of our lives and anthropogenic pollution has led to the massive extinction of flora, and fauna. So, she is interested in defending the conservation of wildlife through initiatives in environmental education. Bringing knowledge to the communities is a way of guaranteeing the protection of flora and fauna, especially with children and young people. Such simple actions at the local level can have a global effect. That’s why she is the coordinator of the education and community outreach in SOA Mexico. She firmly believes that there is still hope for a better world, where humans live in harmony with the environment, and wildlife that surrounds us, as well as a greater awareness of natural resources and their use.
	Emma Kraft-Founder and CEO, Coral.	Emma is 16 years old and has always been drawn to the ocean. She was born in Maine and currently lives in Boulder, Colorado. She is senior at Fairview High School and her favorite subjects are physical and life sciences, and the preforming arts. Emma has has always been an active member of her school and the larger Boulder Community. She began harboring her entrepreneurship journey in middle school with Dream Tank, and is now creating her own company. Coral (www.coral-sunscreen.com) is a sunscreen brand that is not only reef-safe, but ocean beneficial. Coral promotes the idea that we can go beyond sustainable to create a better future. She is launching Coral because she wants to empower her generation to believe that anything is possible. She hopes to inspire others with her story and idea. She wants to cultivate the mindselt that together we can create a healthier planet that we all want to inhabit.
	Cody Pace Gould	Cody Pace Gould. Cody is 12 years old. He loves gaming, animals and sports. He mostly loves creating and leading games - both in real life, and in the virtual world. He is helping create a Dream Tank virtual global game to address the #UnitedNations' #sustainabledevelopmentgoals that includes social impact, achievement-based rewards including micro and digital currency components. During the summer of 2020, he worked with 2 mentors to build the first and only youth-created virtual reality burning man camp on the #Metaburnbridgeexperience; one of the recognized virtual worlds of the #burningmanmetaverse. He appeared on the #ReplenishEarth livestream about his experience. With the mentorship of Dream Tank, Cody, along with a group of students at his school applying their community service requirements worked with a state senator and launched Plastic Free Colorado - a youth initiative to ban single use plastics and styrofoam in Colorado. Cody also recently launched his first youtube gaming channel, MysticEmberPlayz, where he games for fun and social connection.
	Melina Maldona Sandoval, Etnia Mayo-Yoreme, Ahome Sinaloa, México.	Melina Maldonado Sandoval, I was born on 02.11.78, I am 42 years old, Ahome Sinaloa Mexico, I live in the Mayo-Yoreme indigenous community of the Lázaro Cárdenas fishing camp in the municipality of Ahome Sin. I am a community environmental promoter. I do work monitoring sea turtles in feeding areas in OHUIRA bay, as well as cleaning in the protected islands of the Gulf of California in this same bay. My favorite hobby is making crafts in shells and snail and all the reusable waste that the sea throws. I am a student of the first semester of rural sociology at the UAIM (Autonomous Indigenous University of Mexico) Los Mochis campus, and my best activity is to become a mother of two girls and a boy of 24.12 and 21 years.
	Adriana Arcila, Representative of IGEEY / CONIGE A.C.	Adriana Arcila studies Engineering in business management, has experience in recruitment, personnel management, event organization, effective leadership, sustainable entrepreneurship, strategic alliances and social networks. She has 6 diplomas in the area of digital strategies, social entrepreneurship and persuasive oratory, 3 certifications in the area of network management for civil associations and oral presentation and 2 courses on the 2030 agenda and opportunities for rural societies and sustainable entrepreneurship. Author of Bussines Growth, creator of the ABC of a leader program, president of Ingenieros en Gestión Empresarial del Estado de Yucatán 2019-2020, founder of Attenees eventos corporativas, member of the clean up Yucatán movement, facilitator of the prototype methodology of projects aligned to the 2030 agenda of “D'Ceroa100” and an active promoter of the 2030 agenda and its real and sustainable applications. Adriana Arcila studies Engineering in business management, has experience in recruitment, personnel management, event organization, effective leadership, sustainable entrepreneurship, strategic alliances and social networks
	Bianca Orqueda, People, Etnia Nivaclé,Comunidad de uj'elhavos, Departamento Filadelfia Chaco (Paraguay)	I am Bianca Orqueda from the Uj’e Lhavos Community, Filadelfia, Chaco, Paraguay. In my community, we young people are very upset, we feel much forgotten, particularly with the issue of leadership, since we, young people cannot participate in the issue. We are young people who want to change some things that we do not like. When I was 11 years old, I had guitar classes for only one week. It was very difficult because the classes were very expensive, and so now that I am twenty years old, I give free guitar lessons to the boys and girls of my community. Sing our language! We have songs in our language that we want to present to the whole world.
	Seyi Adebote Media Consultant \| Diplomat-in-training \| Supporting environmental start-ups \| UN Youth WG \| Host, Climate Talk Podcast	I am a conscious environmentalist with a knack for in-depth, up-to-date and factual research that guides my presentation -broadcast & print, and indulges people towards environmental consciousness. Deliberately telling stories the world is too busy (or too afraid) to tell with my articles, poems, short stories, and public presentations.Always looking forward to gaining more environmental-related experiences, value-based knowledge, gratifying divine purposes, and maximizing potentials; all of which can be contributed positively to global advancement through the unbroken creation of values while grooming the younger generation across borders.I have a very strong passion for youth capacity development, sustained environmental growth, and social entrepreneurship. Nigeria's youngest delegate to the UN Youth Climate Sumit and 2019 UN General Assembly.
	Jordan Sanchez	Born and raised in the Bronx, Jordan Sanchez is the pen and voice behind the World Environment Day video launching the United Nations Environment Programme’s Decade of Restoration. Previously, she has done performances for the Climate Group, Everytown, Climate Speaks, the Raben Group, Rare Org, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and the cast of Black Panther. Aside from being a poet, she is also a content creator and student at Harvard University, where she is studying Physics and Education. She has also mentored over 100,000 high school students through the college application process.
	Gitaka Nyawira	Nyawira Gitaka is a wildlife ecologist and conservationist, passionate about conservation agriculture, environmental communication and education especially among children and within rural communities. Previously at African Wildlife Foundation she was involved in the African Primatology Consortium for Conservation as its secretary which brought together primatologists from across the continent, enhanced collaboration and shared successes from the field. Nyawira Gitaka is an avid farmer and tree grower; through an initiative in her local community she is key on setting up forests within schools in her locality as she educates young minds on the benefits of taking care of the environment. She is also an Earth Day Ambassador.