Maria Juliana Gonzalias Mosquera

My name is Maria Juliana Gonzalia Mosquera. I am 19 years old, a youth leader in the municipality of Caloto, Cauca, a member of the Women for Climate Justice Network, and an eighth-semester law student. I am the founder of Eco Jóvenes, a collective initiative through which we work with children and adolescents on environmental education, reforestation, biodiversity conservation, and community engagement. I also lead research projects focused on access to justice and gender-based violence, applying an ethnic and intersectional lens. My work stems from a commitment to local communities and the defense of human rights, as well as the conviction that young people and children are not merely the future—they are active protagonists in the present and in the transformation of our territories.