Leilina participates in multiple academic and political extracurricular activities including Quiz Bowl and the Young Dems club at her school. She is also part of a group of young creators that produced educational political content called POC Politics and was recently selected as a National Merit Semi-finalist. 

She became interested in ACE after a friend recommended that she apply for the program. She’s excited to learn more about the effects of climate change and how we can achieve climate justice.