Alexandria Villaseñor
Climate activist
Alexandria Villaseñor is a climate activist and New York City resident. She co-founded the United States Youth Climate Strike, is the founder of Earth Uprising, and is a proud participant of Fridays for Future, a movement started by fellow activist Greta Thunberg. (1)
After inhaling smoke from the Camp Fire in California in November of 2018, Villaseñor became ill due to her asthma. She spent her recovery investigating climate change, which had exacerbated the fire. Villaseñor soon joined the organization Zero Hour, which works to promote young voices in the climate conversation. (1)
Villaseñor spoke at The Common Good Forum & American Spirit Awards, May 10th, 2019, and received the Changemaker Scholarship.
Twitter: @AlexandriaV2005
(1) Information from Wikipedia.
