last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree. i'm inspired by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all lik

last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree. i'm inspired by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all lik

last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree. i'm inspired by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all lik

last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree.red by her ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all like me you g

last but not least, vanessa carter is our final honoree.ability to empower her fellow educators and youth year after year and equip them with tools to worn day become climate heros of their own. areut author of, is it yellow let it mellow? that's not you? that's. okay. that's what my teach are taught mow in fourth grade a member of the school district vanessa over seen environmental programs for students. to build their environmental literacy. she launch said san francisco's first climate action fellowship for high school students across the district. giving youth an opportunity to engage with our city departments. gaining college and career exposure and the change makers of our time. so with this i like to recognize and honor vanessa carter. [applause] hi. everyone. it is good to be here and i will wrap it up, it is lovely to be in the presence of other amazing women doing incredible work i look forward to following up with you and wanted thank everyone for doing all of the work you do every day. i know you are all like me you get up every

okay, so i'm vanessa lewis carter, as of ucsd's environmental literacy and climate resilience program administrator. we're thrilled to have launched our pilot climate action fellowship for high school students in sfusd. thanks to the partnership with sfe. thank you for everyone here who has supported youth development work in general and specifically this program. gratitude to tie and strata for attending climate action fellowship meetings to inspire students and share their stories as a pilot this spring, we're working with 12 students from seven of our district's high schools over the course of a semester, we will expand the program to recruit from all of our district's high school to serve additional students during a year long program. the program supports the next generation to thrive in the 21st century in a pursuit of climate justice, students gain climate literacy. we take climate action, explore college and career options, earn academic credits, and receive a stipend for their commitment to the climate action fellowship. in this destabilizing time of climate crisis, paired wi