The Young Climate Experts
The participating group of young climate experts will consist of 25 youths from the Latin American and Caribbean Region. The young climate experts come from 8 countries from Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Peru) 8 Caribbean countries (Anguilla, Bahamas, Bajan/Barbados, Cayman Islands, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Trinidad & Tobago). 5 indigenous communities are represented.
Ashneil Jeffers
Age: 22
Country: Montserrat
Ashneil is from Montserrat, a small Island in the Caribbean. He has worked alongside many environmental organizations and government agencies in many capacities. One of his favorite activities is public speaking.
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Ashneil es de Montserrat, una pequeña isla del Caribe. Ha trabajado junto con varias organizaciones ambientales y organismos gubernamentales en diferentes aspectos. Su favorito es hablar en público.
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Ati Gunnawi Viviam Misslin Villafaña Izquierdo
Age: 22
Country: Colombia
Ati is part of the Arhuaca indigenous community in Colombia. She is 22 years old and is an eighth semester political science student at the Javeriana University in Bogotá.
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Ati forma parte de la comunidad indígena arhuaca de Colombia. Tiene 22 años y es estudiante de octavo semestre de Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá.
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Chandelle Nikki Toni O’Neil
Age: 27
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
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Chandelle is a sustainable energy systems design specialist and human rights advocate in Trinidad and Tobago.
Chandelle es especialista en diseño de sistemas de energía sostenible y defiende los derechos humanos en Trinidad y Tabago.
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Charles Trindade Baldaia
Age: 23
Country: Brazil
Charles is an international affairs student. He is a candidate to the Brazilian diplomatic service and a analysis programmer for big data.
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Charles es estudiante de asuntos internacionales. Es candidato al servicio diplomático brasileño y programador de análisis de big data.
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Daniela Patricia Larios Castillo
Age: 26
Country: Honduras
Daniela is a 26 years old climate activist and environmental engineer from Honduras. She is a consultant for marine conservation programs and leads her environmental movement and small business called ECO.
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Daniela es una activista climática de 26 años e ingeniera ambiental de Honduras. Es consultora de programas de conservación marina y dirige su movimiento medioambiental y su pequeña empresa llamada ECO.
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Daniela Paola Balaguera Villafaña
Age: 26
Country: Colombia
Daniela, a Mestizo Arhuaca from the Sierra Nevada, is an environmental and social activist. She works as a paralegal and fights to defend the rights of her indigenous community.
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Daniela, una arhuaca mestiza de la Sierra Nevada, es una activista medioambiental y social. Trabaja como asistente legal y lucha por defender los derechos de su comunidad indígena.
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Devon Carter
Age: 27
Country: Anguilla
Devon is a 27-year-old conservationist from Anguilla who is very active in environmental and youth advocacy.
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Devon es un conservacionista de 27 años de Anguilla que es muy activo en la defensa del medio ambiente y la juventud.
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Elenita Almeida Sales
Age: 22
Country: Brazil
Elenita is a climate activist in Brazil and a volunteer at ICMBio. As an Afro Descendant and LGBT* she writes about social and environmental issues in her blog Preta No Verde.
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Elenita es una activista climática en Brasil y voluntaria en el ICMBio. Como afrodescendiente y LGTB* escribe sobre temas sociales y ambientales en su blog Preta No Verde.
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Exe Tolaba
Age: 18
Country: Argentina
Exe evolved in the student movement in high school and is currently studying law. She is a popular intersecting feminist and socio-environmentalist activist with Youth for Climate Argentina.
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Exe se desarrolló en el movimiento estudiantil de la escuela secundaria y actualmente está estudiando derecho. Es una popular activista feminista intersectoística y socioambienciológica de Jóvenes por el Clima Argentina.
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Felipe Antonio Ñanco Melillan
Age: 26
Country: Chile
Felipe Ñanco is a former Mapuche activist and is now working part-time in the local municipality. He also advises indigenous communities in the Araucania region for the protection of their territory.
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Felipe Ñanco es un antiguo activista mapuche y ahora trabaja a tiempo parcial en el municipio local. También asesora a las comunidades indígenas de la región de la Araucanía para la protección de su territorio.
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Juan Pablo de Jesús Sierra Suárez
Age: 20
Country: Colombia
Juan is a climate activist from Colombia. He is Co-Director of the youth organization PactoXElClima, and coordinator of the FFF Colombia movement.
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Juan es un activista climático de Colombia. Es Co-director de la organización juvenil PactoXElClima, y coordinador del movimiento FFF Colombia.
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Julia Proto Curi Hallal
Age: 23
Country: Urugay
Julia is an environmental communicator with a focus on the climate crisis. Through her work, she seeks to educate about the dangers of non-commitment.
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Julia es comunicadora ambiental con un enfoque en la crisis climática. A través de su trabajo, busca educar sobre los peligros de la falta de compromiso.
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Laura Veronica Muñoz Aguilar
Age: 23
Country: Colombia
Laura is Colombian, climate activist for Fridays for Future, ecofeminist and audiovisual and multimedia communicator.
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Laura es colombiana, activista climática de Fridays for Future, ecofeminista y comunicadora audiovisual y multimedios.
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Maria Gabriela Costa Garcia
Age: 32
Country: Ecuador
María Gabriela is a lawyer, and has a master’s degree in Environmental Governance. She has experience in various types of public, private and non-profit organizations consulting in the areas of sustainable development and governance. She is an environmental activist and volunteers with vulnerable groups.
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María Gabriela es abogada, y tiene una maestría en Gobernanza Ambiental. Tiene experiencia en varios tipos de organizaciones públicas, privadas y sin ánimo de lucro que realizan consultorías en las áreas de desarrollo sostenible y gobernanza. Es una activista medioambiental y trabaja como voluntaria con grupos vulnerables.
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Tarran Simms
Age: 30
Country: The Bahamas
Tarran is working with The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and Aviation in the Sustainability Department. He sits on the National Climate Change Committee and is currently helping to develop a framework for action for climate empowerment within the country.
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Tarran trabaja con el Ministerio de Turismo y Aviación de las Bahamas en el Departamento de Sostenibilidad. Forma parte del Comité Nacional sobre el Cambio Climático y actualmente ayuda a elaborar un marco de acción para el empoderamiento climático en el país.
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Macius Djivenson
Age: 23
Country: Haiti
Macius Djivenson is a climate activist and founder of the Sustainability WEEK Port-au-prince. He is organizing a climate summit in Haiti and currently studying Geography and Law.
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Macius Djivenson es activista climático y fundador de la Sustainability WEEK Port-au-prince. Está organizando una cumbre sobre el clima en Haití y actualmente estudia Geografía y Derecho.
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Megan Ehman
Age: 21
Country: Cayman Islands
Megan is a climate activist from the Cayman Islands. She’s studying biology and is a part of Unite for Climate Action.
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Megan es una activista climática de las Islas Caimán. Está estudiando biología y forma parte de Unite for Climate Action.
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Nataly Chuve Oreyai
Age: 19
Country: Bolivia
Nataly is an indigenous climate change activist from Bolivia. She is part of youth networks that aim to showcase indigenous culture to the world.
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Nataly es una activista indígena por el cambio climático de Bolivia. Es parte de redes juveniles que tienen el objetivo de mostrar la cultura indígena al mundo.
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O’neil Henry Leadon
Age: 28
Country: The Bahamas
Niel is a conservationist from The Bahamas who is passionate about heritage preservation, environmental protection and youth empowerment.
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Niel es un conservacionista de las Bahamas que se apasiona por la preservación del patrimonio, la protección del medio ambiente y el empoderamiento de los jóvenes.
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Roxana Borda Mamani
Age: 28
Country: Peru
Roxana is an activist for the protection of the Amazon, mainly in the advocacy of indigenous youth for the protection of the Amazon and promoter of the SDGs.
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Roxana es una activista por la protección de la Amazonía, principalmente en la defensa de los jóvenes indígenas para la protección de la Amazonía y promotora de los ODS.
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Vanessa Anglin
Age: 28
Country: Jamaica
Vanessa is a nature lover from Montego Bay, Jamaica and has a passion for improving, protecting and preserving the earth we live in. She is a Chef and volunteers with an environmental sustainability action group as a social media marketing manager.
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Vanessa es una amante de la naturaleza de Montego Bay (Jamaica) y tiene una pasión por mejorar, proteger y preservar la tierra en la que vivimos. Es cocinera y trabaja como voluntaria en un grupo de acción para la sostenibilidad ambiental como gerente de comercialización de medios sociales.
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Yaquemilsa Fredelinda Matiashi Vicente
Age: 25
Country: Peru
Yaquemilsa is an environmental engineering student, an indigenous environmental activist, a member of Fridays for Future Peru and president of the Association of Young Indigenous and Amazonian Settlers of the Megantoni.
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Yaquemilsa es estudiante de ingeniería ambiental, activista indigena ambiental, miembro de Friday for Future Perú, presidenta de la Asociación de Jóvenes Indígenas y Colonos amazónicos del Megantoni.
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Steff McDermot
Age: 19
Country: Cayman Islands
Steff is a conservationist from the Cayman Islands. She is a founding member of the Cayman Islands Mangrove Rangers and the Caribbean Coordinator for the Ocean Heroes Bootcamp. She is passionate about engaging youth in environmental conservation to elevate their personal and professional lives.
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Steff es un conservacionista de las Islas Caimán. Es miembro fundador de los Guardas de Manglares de las Islas Caimán y Coordinadora del Caribe para el campamento de entrenamiento de los Héroes del Océano. Le apasiona comprometer a los jóvenes en la conservación del medio ambiente para elevar su vida personal y profesional.
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Maria Azul Schvartzman
Age: 25
País: Argentina
Azul is a climate activist from Buenos Aires. She is a consultant in sustainability issues and youth engagement in Argentina.
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Azul es un activista del clima de Buenos Aires. Es consultora en temas de sostenibilidad y compromiso juvenil en Argentina.
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Karina Penha
Age: 24
Country: Brazil
Karina is a biologist, environmentalist and climate activist from an island called São Luis do Maranhão in the northeast of Brazil. She has been the coordinator of the Climate Working Group of the NGO Engajamundo for the past two years.
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Karina es una bióloga, ambientalista y activista del clima de una isla llamada São Luis do Maranhão en el noreste de Brasil. Ha sido la coordinadora del Grupo de Trabajo del Clima de la ONG Engajamundo durante los últimos dos años.
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Ashley Ingrid Albury
Age: 22
Country: The Bahamas
Ashley aims to expand her knowledge and outlook on factors related to urban planning, ranging from climate change to consumer practices. She wants to understand the impact it had, has, and potentially can have with her help.
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Ashley quiere ampliar sus conocimientos y perspectivas sobre los factores relacionados con el urbanismo, desde el cambio climático hasta las prácticas de consumo. Quiere entender el impacto que tuvo, tiene y puede tener potencialmente con su ayuda.
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