Puyr Tembé, is a prominent Indigenous activist of the Tembé Indigenous peoples from Alto Rio Guamá in the Brazilian Amazon, and the First Secretary of Indigenous Peoples of the State of Pará. She is also a Co-founder of The National Articulation of Indigenous Ancestral Women Warriors (ANMIGA). Puyr's advocacy is featured in the award-winning film “We Are Guardians,” which highlights the efforts of Indigenous forest guardians and Earth Defenders in protecting the Amazon from illegal logging and mining. 

Patricia Gualinga is an Indigenous woman leader from the Kichwa Pueblo of Sarayaku, Ecuador, and spokeswoman for Mujeres Amazónicas Defensoras de la Selva where she advocates for the rights of women, Indigenous peoples, and land defenders to protect their homelands, the forest, and the global climate. To further her advocacy for land defenders' protections, Patricia sits on the WECAN steering committee for the Escazú Agreement campaign. Patricia is also an advocate for the Rights of Nature and the Kawsak Sacha (Living Forest) Declaration. Patricia is the WECAN Coordinator in Ecuador, where she leads endemic species recovery, reforestation, and forest protection work. This includes planting trees, workshops that support Traditional Ecological Knowledge, protecting the Sarayaku territory from extractive projects, building women's leadership, and safeguarding the ecological integrity of the Ecuadorian Amazon.

Casey Camp-Horinek of the Ponca Nation is a community leader, long-time Native rights activist, environmentalist and actress. She is the Ponca Environmental Ambassador and a WECAN Board Member and Project Coordinator. Casey is the Chair of the Indigenous Council for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN). She has been at the forefront of grassroots community efforts to educate and empower both Native and non-Native community members on environmental and civil rights issues. 

Lídia Guajajara is an Indigenous leader from the Tentehar/Guajajara people of Araribóia, Brazil. Lídia advocates for the rights of women, voluntarily isolated and non-isolated Indigenous peoples, climate justice, and the rights to protect their forest homelands. As a WECAN Guajajara Coordinator for Brazil, Lídia leads reforestation and forest protection efforts in the Araribóia Territory. This includes recovering biodiversity by collecting and planting native tree species, building plant nurseries, implementing agroforestry systems, and increasing Guajajara women’s leadership to safeguard the Brazilian Amazon.

Célia Xakriabá is a teacher and Indigenous activist of the Xakriabá people in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 2022 she became the first Indigenous woman to be elected federal deputy for Minas Gerais. She has a Master’s degree in sustainable development from the University of Brasilia, and is a co-founder of the National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestrality (ANMIGA). In 2023, she re-established the Parliamentary Front for the Defense of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and was elected President of the Commission on the Amazon and Indigenous and Traditional Peoples. In doing so, she became the first Indigenous woman to chair a congressional commission. 

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Xiye Bastida is a Mexican climate justice activist. She is part of the Otomi-Toltec Indigenous community, located in the highlands of Central Mexico. In April 2020, she convened and co-founded Re-Earth Initiative to highlight frontline communities and advocate for solution-oriented efforts. Xiye has been a leader in the youth climate movement since she started organizing climate strikes and protests in 2019. In September of that year, she co-organized a 300,000-person climate strike in New York. She spoke at the Biden Climate Summit in 2021 in front of 40 heads of state and, later that year, closed the World Leaders Summit at COP26. Xiye wants to bridge the gap of policy, youth inclusion, and funding to empower the movement. Xiye was also named Ambassador to the United Nations High-Level Champions in 2021. She is a commissioner in the Climate Governance Commission alongside Maria Fernanda Espinoza, Johan Rockstrom, and Mary Robinson and serves as a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Champion. Currently, she is the Executive Producer of the upcoming feature film, The Way of the Whale.

Julia Horinek, a citizen of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma, has worked extensively alongside her family in both the Rights of Nature and Human Rights Movements for the entirety of her life. A seasoned “activist”, organizer, and administrator, Julia holds tight to the traditional knowledge passed to her from her Mother and Grandmother. Through her work Julia supports the continuation of Indigenous traditions, values, and Cosmology. Julie is a WECAN Coordinator of the Ponca Earthen Lodge Project, and also serves as the Global North Organizer for the Indigenous Council for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN), and the Plains Organizer for Movement Rights.

Évelin Hekeré is an Indigenous woman from the Terena Peoples, from the Pantanal biome in Brazil.She is an Indigenous activist with a PhD in Education. She has been actively engaged for over ten years in both the Indigenous movement and the women’s movement, and is a part of the National Articulation of Indigenous Women Warriors of Ancestrality (ANMIGA). WECAN is very honored to be in partnership with ANMIGA for COP30 and beyond. 

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Osprey Orielle Lake is the Founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). Osprey works internationally with grassroots, BIPOC and Indigenous leaders, policymakers, and diverse coalitions to build climate justice, resilient communities, and a Just Transition. She sits on the executive committee for the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature and on the steering committee for the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Osprey’s writing about climate justice, relationships with nature, women in leadership, and other topics has been featured in many publications, and she is the author of the award-winning book, “The Story is in Our Bones: How Worldviews and Climate Justice Can Remake a World in Crisis.” 

Katherine Quaid is the Communications Director for the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). A citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla, her dedication to climate justice is tied to the lands of her ancestors and the many communities nationally and around the world that are fighting for a healthy future. As part of her work at the UNFCCC, she engages in the Women and Gender Constituency Just Transition working group, supports strategic communications, and speaks out on Indigenous rights, climate justice, and a feminist Just Transition.

Sophia Lovato is the Forest and Food Sovereignty Program Associate for the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). She was born and raised in Colorado and is a citizen of the Osage Nation. With her dedication to environmental justice, Sophia focuses on forest protection and food sovereignty as key solutions in building climate, biodiversity, and communal resiliency. At COP30, Sophia will be supporting WECAN’s advocacy for the protection of forests and biodiversity. 

Ashley Guardado is the Outreach and Special Programs Coordinator with the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN). A queer Chicana activist, organizer, and poet from Chester, Pennsylvania, her work is shaped by the lived realities of environmental racism within her community. Guided by the power of collective leadership and resilient communities, Ashley’s commitment to climate justice is rooted in care, intention, and purposeful resistance. In her role, she works to uplift Indigenous and frontline women leaders around the world, advancing women-led and grassroots-led climate solutions for a just and thriving future.  At COP30, Ashley will support the logistics and event curation of WECAN’s advocacy efforts.