Wawa Gatheru

Wawa Gatheru is a GenZ environmental justice advocate and Rhodes Scholar passionate about cultivating a climate movement made in the image of all of us. She is the founder & Executive Director of Black Girl Environmentalist, the largest national community dedicated to empowering Black girls, women and non-binary people in the climate movement. In January of 2023, musician Billie Eilish personally invited Wawa to join her on the first ever digital cover of Vogue alongside 7 other youth climate activists. She is a 776 Fellow and sits on boards and advisory councils for Earth Justice, Climate Power, Environmental Media Association, the National Parks Conservation Association, Sound Future, and Earth Percent.