The 1M2030 Cohort.

The 1M2030 Cohort is made up of distinguished young leaders that have been selected based on their efforts to advance sustainable development. Each of them has demonstrated unparalleled leadership and dedication, and 1M2030 is proud to work with them.

Siya Tayal

Nationality: Indian

Founder of Bee Nifty, motivational speaker with the Disease Management Association of India (DMAI), student of The Shri Ram School

Siya Tayal is a class nine student of The Shri Ram School. She is an enthusiastic basketball player, a passionate singer and pianist. But above all this she is a conservationist. Siya Tayal will speak about her ‘my own bag’ initiative where she collects waste fabrics and turns it into reusable bags. Her initiative provides employment, reduces waste and aims to promote the recycle, reuse and reduce culture.

Website: http://beeniftybags.com/

Social Media: @SiyaTayal

Dr. Madhavi Shankar

Nationality: Indian

Forbes Asia 30 under 30, Co-Founder & CEO of SpaceBasic, Inc.

Madhavi is an entrepreneur and technology enthusiast with keen interest in public affairs and international relations. In 2018, she was named one of the Top 60 Women Transforming India. Madhavi is passionate about building and engineering consumer driven products across scale. She will speak about SpaceBasic and their work to promote and raise awareness about Gender Equality in India.

Website: www.spacebasic.com

Social Media: @madhavishankar

Alexander Taylor

Nationality: American

President & Founder of Artem NexGen, Student at Morehouse Honors Program

While in high-school, Alexander wanted to globally connect like-minded young leaders. So he founded Artem NexGen, a youth leadership organization empowering social entrepreneurs around the world. Alexander will share some life-lessons from his 8-month gap-year in Senegal while empathizing the significance of Sustainable Goal 17: Revitalizing Global Partnerships.

Website: www.artemleaders.com/nexgen

Social Media: @artemnexgen

Natasha Sichula

Nationality: Zambian

Natasha is passionate about women empowerment and overall good health. She is a sexual reproduction health rights champion, and an advocate for menstrual health. Hailing all the way from Africa, and after experiencing period poverty, Natasha founded HERZ. HERZ is a movement for girls that encompasses Mentorship, Volunteerism, Scholarship and Innovation to eradicate period poverty. Natasha is going to talk about how to eliminate period poverty in developing economies as a way to empower menstruators.

Website: www.herzmovement.org

Social Media: @HerzMovement

Yasmine Idrissi Azzouzi

Nationality: Italian-Moroccan

Yasmine is a young aspiring social entrepreneur with an international background, experience in SDG Advocacy, and a digital enthusiast. She strongly believes in youth involvement in political and social affairs, which reflects in her continuous activity within youth-led organizations in Geneva, namely in policy-making and digitalization. Yasmine is passionate about “Affordable Smart Agriculture” and connected to a grassroots, youth-led organization that connects providers of tech solutions, donor organizations, and the agricultural sector.

Social Media: @azzouzi_yasmine

Saje Molato

Nationality: Filipino (Philippines)

CEO & Founder, Siklab Pilipinas

Saje is a social entrepreneur specializing in youth development, capacity building, and public-private partnerships based in the Philippines. His work focuses on providing young people the opportunity to engage issues in their communities through social entrepreneurship. He is passionate about young people’s potential to enact change in their communities.

Website: www.linkedin.com/in/saje-molato/

Habiba Iraqi

Nationality: Moroccan

Habiba is deeply passionate about education, social impact and system change. Habiba will share the findings of her 6-month world tour exploring inclusive and innovative educational models across emerging countries, aiming to build, today, a community of leaders in education in Morocco.

Website: www.educride.com

Social media: medium.com/@habibairq

Sriya Surisetti

Nationality: Indian

Student, Timpany School

Sriya was a national level badminton player and has represented the state in national school games. An avid reader, she enjoys writing poetry and public speaking. She has been teaching under-privileged girls. She is actively working to empower the girls (SDG5) through cooperative learning processes (SDG 4), thereby enabling them to move from laggard status to leader status.

Link: bookworm1148@gmail.com

Aiden Bingham

Nationality: Multi-Ethnic

Student, Co-founder of SpaceBasic Inc.

Aiden is currently a rising sophomore at the University of Southern California and the co-founder of SpaceBasic, a company focused on serving students in India. He will speak about the betterment of developing societies around the world and greater opportunities for low-income students.

Website: www.linkedin.com/in/aidennb/