This YLAI Fellow is influencing sustainable behavior in his Dominican Republic community
2018 YLAI Fellow Porfirio Baez founded Green Depot, based in the Dominican Republic, aiming to make the planet, and his community members, more eco-conscious.
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Stories and reflections by and about YLAI Fellows and YLAI Professional Fellowship Program alumni.
2018 YLAI Fellow Porfirio Baez founded Green Depot, based in the Dominican Republic, aiming to make the planet, and his community members, more eco-conscious.
A veces, es necesario fallar para avanzar, sin embargo, esta no es una decisión fácil de tomar.
Cinthya Andino, becaria de YLAI en 2018, logró combinar su pasión por el diseño y la protección del medioambiente al crear Beleaf, su empresa de moda sustentable.
2018 YLAI Fellow Cinthya Andino was able to combine her passions of design and protecting the environment to create her sustainable fashion company, Beleaf.
Marie Flore Morett, becaria de YLAI de 2017 y propietaria de Délices by Marie Flore Morett, ha trabajado para crear una comunidad acogedora en Haití a fin de empoderar a las mujeres para disminuir la desigualdad laboral y salarial.
2017 YLAI Fellow Marie Flore Morett, owner of Delices de Marie Florett, has worked to create a welcoming community in Haiti to empower women to decrease job and wage inequalities.
Rosario Diaz Garavito —becaria de YLAI en 2016— fundó The Millennials Movement, un movimiento en los medios sociales que promueve el voluntariado juvenil inspirando a los jóvenes a marcar una diferencia en sus comunidades.
2016 YLAI Fellow Rosario Diaz Garavito, founded The Millennials Movement, a social media movement promoting youth volunteerism to be inspired to make a difference in their communities.
La ardua labor de Neish, becario de YLAI en 2017, para crear un movimiento sustentable por los derechos trans dio frutos que superaron con creces sus expectativas. ¿Cuál es el próximo paso?
2017 YLAI Fellow Neish’s hard work of creating a sustainable trans rights movement has blossomed far beyond his expectations. What’s next?