(she/her) is a current high school senior who describes herself as leader, Florida activist, and movement organizer. She currently serves on Girl Up’s Global Teen Advisory Advisory Board and UNICEF USA’s National Youth Council. She has ample experience advocating as the Youth Action Organizer and Director of Communications for Women’s Voices of Southwest Florida, the Director of Manatee County for Florida Youth Association, and the Director of Florida for the Youth Legislative Action Committee. She has also activated change as a Girl Up Gender-Based Violence Workshop Leader, Florida School Speaker, and LatinX Florida Youth Voice. She is a Latina, first-generation American aiming to speak up for the underrepresented and committed to fighting for the basic rights for all humans.
17-year-old Cynthia Medina, is an organizer from Florida, working to make sure youth voices are included in conversations about important issues today such as censorship in schools, racial justice, and reproductive health.