A YOUTH-DRIVEN ORGANISATION

Katie is an award winning changemaker, author, producer and public speaker. As both Conduit’s Young Climate Innovator (2023) and Global Youth Awards Finalist (2018), she has a decade of changemaking experience, physically mobilising over 80,000 people for climate action.

She founded the Resilience Project age 24 after seeing little psychological and inner-led support on offer for young people in navigating burnout and climate anxiety. She has spoken on international stages, with Presidents and CEOs, and sits on IKEA’s Young Global Leaders Board.

Angela is a systems change strategist, public service expert, and movement builder. She became CEO of The Resilience Project in August 2025, bringing over a decade of international experience in non-profit and business leadership.

Angela has worked extensively on African-led efforts in water and public health, partnering with grassroots civil society, government, public utilities, and UN agencies. She has also co-created global campaigns with United for Climate Justice to dismantle fossil capitalism through subsidy reform and democratic renewal. 

A keynote speaker and facilitator on degrowth, systems change, and transformative leadership, Angela holds a PhD in civil engineering and a master’s in heterodox economics and political ecology.

Judah is a creative techie turned mental health advocate, blending innovation with heart. From building suicide prevention clubs in university to leading regional youth programmes, he’s all about co-creating inclusive, healing spaces for young people.

Judah has worked across Kenya and globally to amplify youth voices in mental health, tech, and policy. He is a proud Community Solutions and Orygen Fellow, always chasing meaningful impact. Currently, he’s leading The Resilience Project’s expansion into East Africa.

Matt Sowerby is a writer, poet, facilitator, and environmental activist, working to find hopeful approaches to living in a climate crisis. He is the winner of the 2024 Nature Chronicles Prize and as a performance poet has earned the titles of 2018 National Youth Slam Champion & 2023 National University Slam Champion.

Matt has performed in the Houses of Parliament & on BBC Radio 3, and his work has been exhibited at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He is also the Climate Action Lead on the National Trust’s Regional Advisory Group (North England).

Driven by a love for storytelling and the ambition to inspire impact, Roberta’s journey into climate activism began after her experience in the fashion industry, where she witnessed the effects of over-consumption on both people and planet.

Recognising the urgent need for action, Roberta shifted her career focus, applying her background as an art director and writer to drive societal change.

With a Master’s in Anthropology and Cultural Politics, Roberta has led communications strategies and brand identities for NGOs and within the public sector.

Born, raised and educated in the UK, Jade is an illustrator and animator of indigenous Taiwanese heritage. Jade has worked closely as a visual artist for several community organisations, centering community engagement workshops at the core of her research. Jade strongly believes in designing “for” and “with” a community rather than “at” one.

Jade is interested in promoting the rediscovery of forgotten indigenous handicrafts through art, as well as using her practice as a method for healing. By inviting young indigenous peoples to learn these skills from their elders, Jade believes this will help promote ethnic identity of young people; alleviate loneliness of the elderly, and strengthen the bonds between generations. Jade’s aim is to apply art to social causes and projects she cares about, through a range of art-forms.

Amritan is an operations and systems-change lead who loves turning good intentions into working systems. He’s helped mission-led teams get organised and thrive from youth-led climate action at Force of Nature, to inclusive comms at The Unmistakables, to scaling delivery in fast-growing digital teams. He sets up the calm, behind-the-scenes rhythms, budgets, people ops, transparent processes, and simple tools that make everyone’s day easier and impact clearer.

Before life in ops, he studied economics and finance and picked up a few helpful quals (CIPD, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, Scrum). He’s happiest when a messy process becomes a simple checklist, a team can breathe a little easier, and the work reaches the communities it’s meant to serve.

Hannah Mathenge is a conservationist and communicator who led the 2024 pilot phase of the East Africa Resilience Circle, empowering 14 youth across five countries to build peer-led support networks and strengthen emotional well-being. She integrates climate resilience and adaptation into community workshops, using art and advocacy to help young people express eco-anxiety creatively and transform it into collective action. As an environmental steward, she champions sustainable livelihoods that honor local knowledge and ensure communities drive their solutions rather than receive token interventions.

Hannah represents grassroots voices in regional climate forums, insisting that true resilience emerges when people shape the strategies meant to support them. Her joyful energy and warm, inviting smile make every gathering feel like home, inspiring collective ownership and long-term change.

Tala is a Palestinian yoga instructor passionate about decolonizing the yoga industry and supporting activist communities.

Her journey began after experiencing burnout from her work in the legal field and deep involvement in climate activism during university and beyond. In searching for balance, she discovered the transformative power of yoga and meditation. She now shares these practices through inclusive, trauma-aware classes that honour the roots of yoga as a movement meditation.

Her teaching emphasizes kindness, play, and self-connection, creating spaces where participants can feel safe, grounded, and empowered. She works with a range of communities, from activists and grassroots organizers to corporate teams, and offers bespoke sessions that support stress relief, resilience, and mind-body connection.

As part of The Resilience Project, she co-hosted a Resilience Circle and is currently developing a youth wellbeing programme!

Ann focuses on building systems that enable teams and programs to scale effectively. She has coordinated, multi-stakeholder initiatives impacting over 15,000 young people across Kenya. Her work sits at the intersection of operations, community, and program delivery, with a strong emphasis on clarity, structure, and execution. She is particularly driven by advancing climate mental health through culturally relevant collaborative spaces.

Rita is a Resilience Workshop Coordinator driven by climate justice and compassion. Her path into the climate sector began when she decided to switch her career path from business to sustainability and pursue a Master’s in Sustainability Science. In her studies, she found the knowledge to understand the challenges in climate, while climate justice became her north star. Through this journey, she encountered the difficult emotions that come with climate work and learned to navigate them with compassion. After graduating, she applied her project management, academic research, and consulting experience to a mission of bridging the climate justice gap and taking care of the climate leaders working to create a fair and liveable planet.

Marina is a recently graduated journalist who is still figuring out what she wants to do with her life.

She’s very curious, and this makes it difficult for her to make decisions when it comes to focusing on a single topic to research. This is what drew her to journalism.

Currently, she feels deeply drawn to the idea of contributing to the construction of a more just world on ecological, social, economic, and political levels.

She fervently believes that another world is possible. One in which, through scientific data and successful experiences around the planet, human beings put aside capital and focus on our true essence: the deep connection between us and nature.

She completed a five-month internship at a local radio station and has trained in process work, ecology, social issues and facilitation through various Erasmus+ programs and the recently completed a programme on eco anxiety and resilence with The Resilience Project. She has also traveled during university, wich brought her an open minded and complex view of the world, that know wants to frame into local action and sistemic changes.

Sara is an International Relations professional, based both in Northern Portugal and Brussels, committed to driving climate action in policy and civil society spaces. She is passionate about advocating for fair and science-based policies, supporting grassroots initiatives, and building bridges across civil society and policymaking spaces.

Shravi is a development practitioner, systems thinker, and storyteller passionate about advancing climate justice, gender equity, and sustainable development. She specializes in translating complex challenges into accessible, human-centered programs and communication strategies. She is passionate about designing programs, partnerships, and narratives that amplify grassroots voices, catalyze systemic change, and build resilient, inclusive communities.