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 and 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 Gatheru to join her on the first-ever digital cover of Vogue alongside seven 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.