About us

The Chicago Youth Alliance for Climate Action is a student-led organization that promotes environmental education and engages government officials, private-sector organizations, and community members in constructive dialogue. Through our hands-on approach to environmental education and activism, CYACA educates, engages, and empowers Chicago youth to take climate action in their communities and beyond.

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Executive Board

Suzy Schlosberg

Co-Director, Chair of Political Action Team

Allison Cavallo

Co-Director, Chair of School Sustainability Board

Kate Gallagher

Co-Founder, Senior Advisor and Partnerships Director

Hina Matsumoto

Social Media Director

*denotes  co-founder

NOTABLE ALUMNI

•  *Paty Calderon, 2015 to 2017, now at Pomona College 

• *Quincy Hirt, 2015 to 2017, now at . University of Southern California

• *Eve Robinson, 2015 to 2017, now at  UPenn

• *Maria Sanchez, 2015 to 2016, now at University of Kentucky

• Chris Nguyen, 2017 to 2018, now at UIllinois Urbana

• Reina Liang, 2017 to 2018,  now at Carnegie Mellon

• *Brian Gomez, 2014 to Present, attended IIT

• *Andrea Martinez, 2015 to 2018, now at UIllinois Urbana

• *Gloria Oladipo, 2015 to 2017,  now at Cornell

• *Shania Santana, 2015 to 2017, now at Stanford

• Alan Phung,        2016 to 2018, now at Denison University

• *Kayla Mcward,  2015 to 2016, now at McGill University