Ashley Guardado

Ashley Guardado is a queer Latina, activist, organizer and poet from a large blended family with roots in New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Mexico. Because of her multicultural upbringing, intersectional movement building and justice work have always been an intrinsic part of her nature. Central to her work is the experience of directly witnessing the effects of environmental racism in her family and community in their hometown of Chester, Pennsylvania. As the first college graduate in her family, with an education from New York University and the City College of New York, her background in Social Work and International Relations have been integral in shaping her passions for organizing and resisting with intention and purpose through an equity lens. She has worked for organizations such as the Audre Lorde Project, Daytop Village, the United Nations, Amnesty International, and the Peoples Climate Movement. As the Program Associate for the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network, she looks forward to collaborating with frontline women around the world united in resistance movements and climate solutions.