Sumak Helena Gualinga
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About
Human Rights Activist and Environmentalist who became a spokesperson for the Sarayaku Indigenous community. She has fought to preserve the Amazon against climate change. Her life was the subject of the documentary entitled Helena of Sarayaku. She has over 110,000 followers on her helenagualinga Instagram account where she promotes her work around the world.
Before Fame
She studied at the secondary school Cathedral School of Åbo.
Trivia
She targeted the fossil fuel companies by creating Polluters Out with Isabella Fallahi and Ayisha Siddiqa. Her work led to her being on the cover of Vogue in 2022 and Forbes Ecuador in 2023.
Family Life
Her mother Noemí Gualinga was the former president of the Kichwa Women's Association.
Associated With
She and Greta Thunberg are both famous climate change activists who started their work in their youth.
