Xiye BASTIDA

Co-Founder, Re-Earth Initiative

Xiye Bastida is a teenage climate activist based in New York City and one of the lead organizers of the youth climate justice movement. Xiye was born and raised in Mexico as part of the Otomi-Toltec Indigenous Peoples and holds that philosophy and value-system for caring for Mother Earth. For the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day, she co-founded the Re-Earth Initiative, a 501c3 dedicated to educating youth about the intersectionality of the climate crisis. Since 2018, she has spoken at conferences such as the United Nations Climate Summit, COP25 and Earth X. She received the “Spirit of the UN” award in 2018, and was named of Teen Vogue’s 21 under 21 women changing the world. She currently attends the University of Pennsylvania where she studies Environmental Studies with a concentration in Policy.