Youth leader, Protect Our Planet Movement
Ana Hanhausen is the youth leader of the Protect Our Planet Movement and she collaborates on the POP Movement’s POP Ocean Initiative, which aims to educate, mentor and support youth-led marine conservation projects.
Since 2018, she has collaborated with Plastic Oceans Mexico, which is part of an international organization working to minimize plastic pollution in the ocean. She has participated as both speaker and organizer of events and activities to raise awareness on global environmental issues, including the International Sustainability Congress at her university (2017 and 2019) and the World Sustainable Development Forum in 2020, where she presented the perspective of youth on the urgent need for climate action.
She was recently awarded the Youth Medal of Merit by Mexico City’s Congress for her record in raising awareness on climate change and motivating the youth to act and become a part of the solution.
She recently graduated with honors as a Chemical Engineer from Mexico City’s Iberoamerican University.