Press Release
Native Youth Leader Takes Center Stage with Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland at Aspen Ideas: Climate Event
Aspen Ideas
Miami, Fl: Wambli Quintana (Cheyenne River Sioux and Navajo), a 2024 Champion for Change at the Center for Native American Youth, will take center stage and join Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) to discuss the role of Indigenous communities in protecting the environment during the Aspen Ideas: Climate event opening plenary on Monday, March 11, 2024.
Wambli is a senior at Dupree High School in South Dakota who lives on the Cheyenne River Reservation. His passion focuses on expanding opportunities in sustainable energy and green practices for his community.
EVENT DATE: March 11, 2024
EVENT TIME: 5:30 P.M. – 7:30 P.M.
LOCATION: Miami Beach Convention Center
1901 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Livestream also available on Aspen Institute’s YouTube Chann
SPEAKERS: Wambli Quintana, 2024 Champions for Change Fellow, Center for Native
American Youth
Talia Davis, Fresh Tracks Trainer, Aspen Institute Forum for Community
Solutions
Deb Haaland, U.S. Secretary, Department of the Interior
Wambli served on the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Youth Advisory Council for 2023 and is engaged in its Growing into Wowachineyepi program. He is actively involved in the National Honor Society and academics in school, and he explores his STEM interests through the American Indian Science and Engineering Society.
Aspen Ideas: Climate is a solutions-focused event designed for the public to interact with and learn from climate leaders whose ideas and actions are critical to addressing our collective future. Programming includes a Technology Expo, Career Fair, excursions across Miami Beach, public art, and more.
Find additional information on their website here.
Members of the media interested in speaking with Wambli Quintana should contact Harper Estey at Harper@NUNAConsultGroup.com.
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About CNAY:
The Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) at the Aspen Institute is a national organization that works alongside Native youth – ages 24 and under – on reservations, in rural villages and urban spaces across the country to improve their health, safety, and overall well- being. Rooted in culture, our vision is for all Native American youth to lead full and healthy lives, be honored for the leaders they are, and have the resources and agency to create the world Native youth are worthy of and deserve.
