Grist 50 2021

She’s schooling her peers on environmental justice

She was 14 and looking for her first summer job when Nyiesha Mallett met the climate and justice organizers at the community organization UPROSE. Something clicked. Even though her mother is from the island nation of Grenada, she had never thought much about climate change.

“Nyeisha Mallet gives us all a good reason to feel optimistic about the future.” — Regina Hall, actress