Brian Mecinas
Advocacy Director
Arizona Youth Climate Strike
Brian Mecinas is a freshman at Arizona State University double majoring in Political Science and Sustainability with a certificate in Cross Sector Leadership. He currently serves as the State Co-Director for the Arizona Youth Climate Strike, a statewide network of middle school, high school, and college students advocating for climate justice across the state with student organizers operating in over 10 cities/towns. As a first-generation Latinx-American, first-generation college student, and youth climate activist, he recognizes the dire urgency of the climate crisis and the need to act now, rather than later with just solutions that protect the most vulnerable among our communities.