
Meagan Loyst
Meagan Loyst, of New York, is the CEO and founder of Gen Z VCs - an active community of 27,000 investors, founders, and operators from 80 countries. She is a leading voice on upcoming tech and consumer trends and her daily content spans everything from...

Heman Bekele
Heman Bekele, a 14-year-old inventor, won the 2023 3M Young Scientist Challenge for developing a cost-effective soap that combats skin cancer by harnessing the power of sunlight to kill cancer cells during handwashing.

Vinesh Phogat
In the world of sports, heroes are often defined by their medals. Challenging this notion is Vinesh Phogat, the Indian wrestler whose relentless fight against systemic injustice on her journey to the Paris Olympics has encouraged us to reconsider who we identify as sporting icons.

Bisan Owda
The 24-year-old Palestinian filmmaker from Gaza is wielding storytelling to illuminate realities that are often unseen and unheard in the course of Israel's genocidal war on her homeland.

Chelsea Miller
Chelsea Miller served as one of Barack Obama’s youngest interns working on domestic policy issues. She started her own nonprofit called Women Everywhere Believe, with the goal of creating opportunities for women and girls of colour to become leaders.

Martese Johnson
Martese Johnson is a civil rights activist, speaking out against police brutality and police accountability. Martese was violently and unjustly arrested in Virginia, and now uses his voice and platform to educate and prevent people from experiencing what he had to experience.

Khaiim Kelly
Khaiim Kelly, AKA Rapoet, is an entrepreneur and advocate for youth empowerment through education and mentorship programs, with a focus on underserved Black and minority communities.

Dior Vargas
Dior Vargas is a Latina feminist mental health activist. She uses her platform to discuss issues related to mental health, particularly within marginalised communities.

Lizzie Sider
Lizzie Sider is an advocate for bullying prevention and mental health awareness, Lizzie has shared her personal story and performed at numerous events related to suicide prevention.

Cheyenne Tyler Jacobs
Cheyenne Tyler Jacobs is a writer and mental health advocate who shares her journey and advocates for mental health awareness, including suicide prevention.

Jazmine Wildcat
Jazmine Wildcat is a youth Indigenous rights activist from Wyoming. Additionally, Jazmine uses her advocacy to help improve mental health, suicide and sexual assault rates, as these, too, affect her community.

Beniamin Strzelecki
Beniamin Strzelecki is a passionate advocate for climate action and energy transition. He connects global youth-led energy organisations, collaborates with intergovernmental entities, and conducts research on renewable power generation.

Joice Mendez
Joice Mendez is a Migrant, social entrepreneur and climate advocate. Focused on water, food, energy justice nexus. Co-founded youth organisations, UN-Water Award recipient.

Saoirse Exton
Saoirse Exton is a Fridays for Future activist. She values traditional languages and stories for Earth's sanctity. 2021 Rise Initiative winner reshaping Irish mythology with diverse perspectives.

Ayisha Siddiqa
Ayisha Siddiqa champions human rights and tribal land defense. Co-founder of Polluters Out, Fossil Free University. Advocate for marginalised communities, bridging law, environment, and youth climate.

Jevanic Henry
Jevanic Henry is a climate and development professional and advocate. Former Climate Change Special Envoy, UN Next Gen Fellow. Climate finance advocate. AOSIS Fellow at UN Mission.

Josefa Tauli
Josefa Tauli advocates for Indigenous rights and youth involvement. Global Youth Biodiversity Network Policy Co-coordinator, CBD engagement leader. Indigenous knowledge promoter.

Fatou Jeng
Fatou Jeng empowers grassroots climate action. Founded Clean Earth Gambia, mobilizing youth for resilience. YOUNGO co-lead, AYICC member. Gender climate negotiator, WWF recognised.

Daffa Praditya D.R
Daffa Praditya D.R is a climate activist. He is an Indonesia Ambassador for UNICEF Indonesia and a National Coordinator for Fridays For Future Indonesia.

Laura Young
Laura Young is an award-winning climate activist, environmental scientist, and ethical influencer. Laura used to work for the international development charity Tearfund as the COP26 Coordinator.

Nesha Ichida
Nesha Ichida is a marine conservation scientist at Thrive Conservation and program manager at ReShark, working for StAR Project Indonesia.

Sanjana Nagesh
Sanjana Nagesh is ethnically Indian but raised in Australia. Nagesh started the Instagram page BrownGirlGang in 2017 as a way of empowering South Asian women by publicising South Asian women’s successes and celebrating their culture.

KC Shreya
Shreya K.C. is a climate activist. Shreya is a campaign coordinator at Mock COP, the Contact Point of the Nationally Determined Contributions Working Group for YOUNGO and a Climate Change Champion for UNICEF South Asia.

Deepica Mutyala
Deepica Mutyala is a beauty entrepreneur and CEO of Live Tinted from South Asia. Deepica’s career in the beauty industry began with her work as an on-air beauty expert and YouTuber.

Diego Arreola Fernández
Diego Arreola Fernandez is an environmental activist from Mexico City. Diego is the founder of the non profit organisation Green Speaking, which aims to educate young people globally on climate change.

Daniel Chee
Daniel Chee is an environmental advocate for cleaner oceans in Hawaii. At the age of 17, Dyson founded Project Ocean Hawaii, a non-profit that finds innovative ways of reducing plastic pollution.

Muzoon Almellehan
Muzoon Almellehan is a Syrian refugee and education advocate, dedicated to empowering young girls through education and raising awareness about the challenges faced by refugees worldwide.

Zuriel Oduwole
Zuriel Oduwole is a Nigerian-American filmmaker and education advocate, recognized for her documentaries highlighting the importance of education and advocating for girls' rights and empowerment.

Yusra Mardini
Yusra Mardini is a Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer, known for her incredible journey as she swam for hours to save fellow refugees. She inspires others with her resilience and advocates for refugee rights.

Leo Sheng
Leo Sheng is a Chinese American actor and activist who embarked on an unexpected journey into acting. Known for his role on "The L Word: Generation Q," he reflects his identity as a Chinese American queer trans man through his on-screen work.

Ezra Wheeler
Ezra Wheeler, a courageous individual, fearlessly shares their ongoing mental health journey, inspiring others to embrace vulnerability, seek support, and foster a culture of understanding and empathy.

Desmond Napoles
Desmond Napoles, aka Desmond is Amazing, is a pioneering LGBTQ+ youth advocate and drag performer, empowering self-expression and promoting acceptance through their influential platform.

Alex Escaja
Alex Escaja is an LGBTQ+ activist and acclaimed filmmaker. Through his captivating filmmaking, he fearlessly champions queer visibility and equality, inspiring change and fostering acceptance.

Abe Lim
Abe Lim co-founded Purpose Plastics, an independent plastic recycling and upcycling company aiming to tackle plastic pollution. Abe is also part of the Un Environment Programme and a Next Generation Board Member.

Vic Barrett
Vic Barrett is a climate activist and talented storyteller. Using his panache skill for storytelling, Barrett currently works as a network organizer for Power Shift Network, spreading awareness and educating young people on the climate crisis.

Toby Thorpe
Toby Thorpe is a speaker and climate and community advocate. He is deputy mayor of the Huon Valley Council and has helped develop student-directed and experiential learning programs through the Climate Leaders Program in Tasmania.

Makaśa Looking Horse
Makaśa Looking Horse is Mohawk and Lakota, born on Six Nations Territory. Makaśa Looking Horse’s repertoire of activism contains work for Indigenous Rights and environmentalism, specialising in water protection.

Sriranjini Raman
Sriranjini Raman founded Nurture, a program run for youth to help them connect with nature and improve food security by creating opportunities for youth to grow their own food, learn land stewardship and food literacy.

Jazmine Alcon
Jazmine Alcon is a Filipino mental health advocate whose goal is to provide and help nourish collective healing among the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.

Owin Pierson
Owin Pierson is an LGBTQIA+, mental health & AAPI influencer who uses his platform to discuss mental health to make the world & LGBTQ community more accepting and destigmatise mental health.

Helene Selam Kleih
Helene Selam Kleih is a mental health activist, writer, and model from South London. Helene is the author of Him + His, which explores mental health, but also specifically raises awareness surrounding male mental health.

Temilade Salami
Temilade Salami is a climate education and communications professional, author and marine biologist. She has led many youth-led environmental sustainability initiatives across Africa.

Adeniké Akinsémolu
Adeniké Akinsémolu is a Nigerian scientist and educator advancing sustainable development and environmental conservation. With expertise in ecological awareness, she drives positive change and inspires others to protect our planet.

Leshan Kereto
Leshan Kereto is a Kenyan human rights activist and community leader working to end Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in East Africa and educate people on sexual health.

Samela Sateré Mawé
Samela Sateré Awiá is an indigenous Brazilian environmental activist and influencer and the creator of Amazonia Depe, an organisation which aims to protect and conserve indigenous people and the Amazon rainforests.

Artemisa Xakriabá
Artemisa Xakriabá is a human rights activist from Brazil. She is a leader of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, and most of her work’s focus is on the Amazon Jungle and deforestation.

Giiwedinn
Giiwedin is a two-spirit content creator, environmental, LGBTQ, and indigenous rights activist. They use their popular Instagram and TikTok platforms to educate people about indigenous rights, climate justice, and indigenous culture.

Nina Gualinga
Nina Gualinga is an Indigenous Equadorian climate change and Indigenous rights activist. Her activism has centred on preventing the exploitation of the Ecuadorian Amazon, and stopping the abuses of Indigenous rights.

Jorge Alvarez
Jorge Alvarez is a mental health advocate and social impact strategist. He uses his platform to help people embrace being vulnerable and think about how social issues impact the well-being of the Latinx community.

Mitzi Jonelle Tan
Mitzi Jonelle Tan is an environmental justice activist and the convenor and international spokesperson of Youth Advocates for Climate Action Philippines.

Daphne Frias
Daphne Frias is a Latina climate justice activist and storyteller guaranteeing we tackle disability and the environmental emergency simultaneously in order to create a just and equal future.

Disha Ravi
Disha Ravi is a climate justice activist, storyteller, and one of the founders of Fridays For Future India.

Selina Leem
Selina Leem is a climate warrior, poet, and spoken word performer from the Marshall Islands.

Holley Somerville-Knott
Holley Somerville-Knott is the CEO & Founder of Tell Someone Who Cares, an organization promoting inclusion and advocacy for disabled individuals.

Isabelle Axelsson
Isabelle Axelsson is a Swedish autistic climate activist, advocating for environmental and social justice, and fighting for the rights of the autistic community.

Jeremiah Josey
Jeremiah Josey is an autistic chef and advocate, promoting autism acceptance and inclusion in the culinary industry and beyond.

Dana Ahmed
Dana Ahmed is an autistic activist and founder of EcoSpectrum, promoting environmentalism and neurodiversity through an intersectional lens.

Aimée Clint
Aimée Clint is an autistic writer, activist, and advocate, fighting for acceptance, inclusion, and rights for the autistic community.

Zoey Luna
Zoey Luna is a trans activist, actress, and artist, advocating for trans rights and visibility in media and the arts.

Kai Shappley
Kai Shappley is a young trans activist and advocate, fighting for the rights and dignity of trans youth in Texas and beyond.

Evie James
Evie James is a trans activist and model, advocating for greater visibility and representation of trans people in the fashion and beauty industry.

Eli Erlick
Eli Erlick is a trans activist, writer, and educator, focusing on gender justice, youth empowerment, and intersectional feminism.

Fox Fisher
Fox Fisher is a prominent trans activist, filmmaker, and public speaker, dedicated to promoting trans rights and visibility through their work.

Garvita Gulhati
Garvita Gulhati is the founder of Why Waste?, a youth-led organisation focused on water conservation through campaigns, petitions and workshops.

Eric Damien Njuguna
Eric Damien Njuguna is a climate activist. Eric started their activism with Zero Hour and Fridays for Future Kenya when severe droughts in Nairobi impacted their school’s water supply.

Rida Rashid
Rida Rashid is a climate and water rights activist. She is the founder and chairperson of youth-led organisations Impact Pakistan and Project Aab.

Shomy Hasan Chowdhury
Shomy Hasan Chowdhury is a water, hygiene, and sanitation activist from Bangladesh. Shomy completed a high school exchange in the US where she discovered her passion for volunteering, and was recognised by President Obama for her efforts.

Georgie Badiel Liberty
Georgie Badiel Liberty is a model, author, and activist. She founded the Georgie Badiel Foundation, a charitable organisation aimed to provide clean water and sanitation to the people of Burkina Faso.

Florence Given
Florence Given is an illustrator, writer, feminist, social activist, and influencer. She uses her highly-engaged social media to raise awareness of issues surrounding sexuality, race, and gender.

Memory Banda
Memory Banda is a children’s rights activist. She created Malawi’s Girls Empowerment Network and Let Girls Lead, in an effort to keep girls in school and raise awareness about gender rights. She is known for ardently speaking against child marriage.

Samaira Mehta
Samaira Mehta is a coder and inventor who founded - and is the CEO of - CoderBunnyz, created to help teach children how to code. She is also aiming to eliminate gender bias and increase the number of women in engineering.

Divina Maloum
Divina Maloum is a human rights activist from Cameroon. Maloum founded Children for Peace (C4P) to help children previously exploited in some capacity.

Te Manaia Jennings
Te Manaia Jennings is a New Zealand-based Maori visual artist and activist. She uses her art and her lived experience to tackle issues like mental health, specifically depression and body image issues.

Sophia Badhan
Sophia Badhan is a Netherlands and UK-based mental health activist and speaker who relies on her lived experience and passion to advocate for students and other young people, working to ensure that everyone receives the support and care they need.

Haile Thomas
Haile Thomas is the youngest Certified Nutrition Health Coach in the United States. Thomas has utilised her knowledge and love for health and wellbeing to create the non-profit organisation HAPPY (Healthy Active Positive Purposeful Youth).

Freddie Pearson
Freddie Pearson is a mental health advocate. Freddie combines his love for fitness and well-being with his passion for the arts to speak out about mental health.

Egypt “Ify” Ufele
Egypt “Ify” Ufele is a fashion designer, author and anti-bullying activist who founded the plus-size clothing line, Chubiiline and Bully Chasers charity. She wrote Life by My Own Design, which brings to light how bullying can impact a child.

Penelope Lea
Penelope Lea is a Norwegian climate activist from Kjelsås, Oslo. She became the second youngest ambassador for UNICEF at the age of 15 in 2020. She uses her voice to advocate for better environmental solutions.

Manu Meel
Manu Meel is the CEO of BridgeUSA, a youth-led non-profit organization that creates spaces on high school and college campuses for open discussion between students about political issues. He also established BridgeCal.

Jeeva Senthilnathan
Jeeva Senthilnathan is an engineering student, former city council candidate, and social entrepreneur. She is the executive director of Privando, a non-profit that employs technology to fight sexual abuse in India.

Ishaa Asim
Ishaa Asim is a social justice activist, campaigner, blogger, and public speaker. She served as Youth MP for Manchester, sits on the Greater Manchester Youth Combined Authority, and is a member of the Co-op’s Youth Advisory Panel.

Marina Tricks
Marina Tricks is a climate activist. She is a member of the Global Majority VS campaign, which took the UK Government to court on the basis that they are violating “our right to life, as well as the right to life of our global human family."

Ahmed Alaa
In 2017, Ahmed Alaa was arrested for waving the Pride flag at a Mashrou’Leila concert in Cairo. Ahmed has become one of the leading youth voices speaking up on LGBTQ issues in Egypt.

Emelin Flores
Emelin Flores is the founder of Rutgers University Chapter of Out In Tech. She helps non-profits improve their security and LGBTQ+ students looking to break into tech.

Yasmin Finney
Yasmin Finney is an English actress. She initially gained attention on TikTok for speaking openly about her experiences as a transgender teenager. Yasmin has spoken publicly about black and transgender youth representation in media.

Jamie Windust
Jamie Windust (they/them) is an award-winning writer, public speaker, model who intends to spread optimism and empower people through their work. They are the founder and editor of the magazine, FRUITCAKE.

Pheebs Jameson
Pheebs Jameson started their own campaign against fatphobia, racism, misogyny, and transphobia online, aiming to gain Instagram’s attention and pressure the multi-billion dollar company to take greater action against online abusers.

Victoria Makanjuola
Victoria Makanjuola is an American podcaster and mental health advocate. Her podcast, Feel Your Feelingz, is dedicated to educating and sharing how Gen Z manage their mental health, spreading awareness and removing taboos.

Zane Landin
Zane Landin is a mental health activist. After his own experiences battling with depression and anger, he has spoken out and made an effort to help others with mental health conditions as a leader and organiser at The Stability Network.

Meera Varma
Meera Varma is a mental health activist. She is currently a youth ambassador and activist for Rare Beauty. Varma became an integral leader of Active Minds, seeking to end campus suicide.

Harrison Gunn
Harrison Gunn is a youth mental health advocate, Changemaker, presenter, content creator and youth ambassador. He is the presenter of his podcast, It’s Good to Talk, described as place of positivity, inspiration, and conversation.

Joshua Williams
Joshua Williams was the President of the Guild of Students at the University of Birmingham, where he reformed Birmingham’s offer for care leavers, launching the Black Voices campaign.

Zyahna Bryant
Zyahna Bryant is a community organiser and activist for racial justice. Bryant’s first contribution to activism was when she was 12 years old, organising a demonstration for Justice for Trayvon Martin and other Black lives lost to police violence.

Sophie Ming
Sophie Ming is an activist who has organised some of the largest Black Lives Matter protests in Manhattan, including marches for teens and adults and a Black Lives Matter chalk art event for younger children.

Daud Mumin
Daud Mumin is a voter registration activist and an Eighteen x 18 delegate (an initiative started by actress Yara Shahidi to mobilize young people to vote) from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Naomi Wadler
Naomi Wadler is a racial justice and gun violence activist. Wadler has publicly spoken at a number of protests about gun violence, and the disproportionate number of Black female victims.

Anban Raj
Anban Raj is a student who founded and ran the World Youth Leaders Organisation program, an international not-for-profit organisation of youth leaders committed to empowering Gen Zers into leaders of tomorrow.

Kiana Kazemi
Kiana Kazemi is an environmental justice advocate and engineering graduate from Berkeley. Kiana founded Circularity, an organisation dedicated to helping those with eco-anxiety.

Godwin Kevin
Godwin Kevin is the founder of Inspire For Greatness, an organisation that identifies, connects, and empowers young African leaders and changemakers while inspiring them to take social action in their communities.

Vee Kativhu
Vee Kativhu is an education activist and founder of Empowered by Vee. She uses her platform to help underprivileged and underrepresented people from across the world recognise their own talent and potential.