Alexandria Villasenor Biography-Wiki
Alexandria Villasenor is an American climate activist living in New York City. She is a co-founder of the US Youth Climate Strike and founder of Earth Uprising. Villasenor is associated with the Fridays For Future movement that was started by Greta Thunberg in Sweden.
Her mission is to one day work for the United Nations. Villaseñor was a Changemaker Scholarship Recipient at The Common Good Forum 2019.
Alexandria Villasenor Age and Birthday | Alexandria Villaseñor 14 Years Old
Speaking of her age, Villasenor was born on 18 May 2005, in Davis, California. She is 14 years old as of 2019.
Alexandria Villasenor School
Villasenor is possibly still in high school although she has not shared the name of her school. Her mother was registered in climate change courses at Columbia University and Villasenor sat in on those, learning about the underlying science.
Alexandria Villasenor Mother/Parents
Her mother’s name is Kristin Hogue. Details of her father’s name and occupation have not been disclosed as of now. Villasenor once said in an interview, “My parents are the greatest example of an adult ally because they support my activism, they amplify my message and they protect me.”
Alexandria Villaseñor Latina
The family relocated from northern California to New York City as of 2018. Villaseñor is Latina.
Alexandria Villaseñor Boyfriend
Villasenor likes to keep her personal life private hence information about her dating life is not available. It is therefore not known whether she currently dating anyone. However, this information will be updated as soon as it is available.
Alexandria Villasenor Climate Change
Alexandria Villasenor Greta Thunberg
Villaseñor’s fight for climate action started after caught in a smoke cloud from the November 2018 Camp Fire in California during a family visit.
Because she suffers from asthma Villasenor became physically ill, during which time she researched the climate change and temperature rises which contributed to the fire’s severity.
She later joined New York’s chapter of Zero Hour, a group of American youth climate activists. Villaseñor was inspired Thunberg with her 4 December 2018 talk at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland.
Since 14 December 2018, she skips school every Friday in order to protest against the lack of climate action in front of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.
When Thunberg arrived in New York City from her transatlantic sailboat voyage in August 2019, Villaseñor, Xiye Bastida, and other climate activists greeted Thunberg upon arrival. By that time, they had already established contact with each other over social media.
On 23 September 2019, Villaseñor, together with 15 other youth activists including Greta Thunberg, Catarina Lorenzo, and Carl Smith, filed a legal complaint with the United Nations accusing five countries, namely France, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, and Turkey of failing to uphold their reduction targets to which they committed in their Paris Agreement pledges.
In mid-October 2019, she attended the C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Alexandria Villaseñor Awards
In May 2019, Villaseñor earned the Disruptor Award from the Tribeca Disruptive Innovation Awards (TDIA). She also received a scholarship from The Common Good public advocacy organization. Villasenor was also awarded a Youth Climate Leadership prize from Earth Day Network.
Alexandria Villaseñor Earth Uprising
She is no longer involved with the US Youth Climate Strike group and founded the climate change education group Earth Uprising.
Alexandria Villasenor Contact/Website/Email
Due to privacy reasons, Villasenor has not shared her contacts or email with the media. Although you can catch up with her through her website and social media accounts.
- Website: https://www.earthuprising.org/
- Twitter: @alexandriaV2005
- Instagram: @alexandriav2005
Frequently Asked Questions About Alexandria Villasenor
Who is Alexandria Villasenor?
Villaseñor is an American climate activist living in New York City. She is a co-founder of the US Youth Climate Strike and founder of Earth Uprising.
How old is Alexandria Villasenor?
She was born on 18 May 2005, in Davis, California. Villasenor is 14 years old as of 2019.
How tall is Alexandria Villasenor?
She has not shared her height with the public. Villasenor height will be listed once we have it from a credible source.
How Old Is Alexandria Villasenor?
Details about her love life are still under review. We will let you know when she gets in a relationship or when we discover helpful information about her love life.
How much is Alexandria Villasenor worth?
She has not yet revealed her net worth. We will update this section when we get and verify information about the wealth and properties under her name.
Where does Alexandria Villasenor live?
Villasenor is a resident of Manhattan, NY, USA, we shall upload pictures of her house as soon as we have them.
Is Villasenor dead or alive?
She is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of her being sick or having any health-related issues.
Where is Alexandria Villasenor Now?
She is pursuing her career as a climate activist living in New York City. Villasenor became a climate activist in 2018. Villasenor started holding strikes outside the United Nations’ New York City Headquarters in 2019, urging world leaders to take climate action.
She ended up building a massive following, inspiring thousands of teens in the U.S. to strike for climate action. Villasenor is exited With the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
Alexandria Villasenor Unicef Speech/Youtube
Alexandria Villasenor Twitter
Tweets by AlexandriaV2005