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  • 3/25/2025
She started her first eco-business at 8 years old.

Today, this Gen Z entrepreneur travels the world showing others how they can make small changes for big environmental impact.
Transcript
00:00It is the goal of oppressive systems to make us feel disempowered, to feel hopeless, to feel tired.
00:08So I really encourage everyone to really look and see that the small actions that they take
00:23do lead to the big changes.
00:25I was very a nerdy kind of kid, like I was someone who was always telling people facts
00:29about endangered species of animals and about nature and the natural world.
00:43I really just want to show people what sustainable fashion can look like because I think that
00:50they might not fully realize, wow, there's so much you can do with what's already out
00:55there.
00:56I really wanted to combat the fast fashion industry, really wanted to combat the billions
01:01of tons of CO2 that's put out per year by the fashion industry and even the unethical
01:06treatment of workers and artisans within that industry as well.
01:10Trying to make sure that people understand the full scope of these underserved issues
01:16and their importance in the environmental movement and to make sure that those issues
01:22are not lost in the fray.
01:33Sustainable practices and eco-conscious living is something that has been around for so many
01:38years, especially in black, brown, and indigenous communities.
01:42It wasn't even called sustainability, but that's just something that we have lived knowing
01:47how to reduce, reuse, and recycle and be stewards to the earth.
01:51It's really important to understand the overlap between all these social environmental issues,
01:57that none of these issues exist in a vacuum, that gender equality is just as crucial a
02:03tackle as environmental justice because they're one in the same, same thing with racial justice.
02:11An injustice to one girl is an injustice to all girls.
02:16I am calling on all of my sisters, all over the world, to tambor, velar, levantarse, drum,
02:25dance, rise, thank you.
02:40I really utilized my knowledge of sustainable design to create these eco-friendly, sustainable
02:46sanitary pads and these have been shipped all over the world to Haiti, Senegal, Somalia, Cameroon.
02:54It's been really incredible just to see how much of an impact that has happened since
03:00I started this project because not only am I just raising awareness around the topic
03:08of period poverty at a time where it's so underserved and not a mainstream issue by
03:15any means, I'm creating the solution and really trying to figure out how I can utilize
03:21my skills to make an impact.
03:32Really researching the native flowers in your area and figuring out how you can incorporate
03:37them into even an urban space is something really awesome to do.
03:41I think that companies tend to forget that environmental issues are also human issues.
03:46The last kind of thing that I think companies get wrong is obviously greenwashing, just
03:53really taking sustainability on as more of an aesthetic just so they can keep their customers
03:58engaged when it really is about the tangible impact that you have.
04:03Gen Z has that lived experience of seeing their environment change around them as well
04:10as learning the actual science behind it that really solidifies the importance of taking
04:16climate action.
04:17I think it's always really important to take that downtime when you can to just be, to
04:25just exist, and to laugh, to smile, to just enjoy life because that refuels you as an
04:34activist and joy is a component of activism.
04:39It's unnecessary and you can't pour from an empty cup.