Meet the Team & Youth Ambassadors

Megan Chen

Youth Ambassador

Country: Canada

Interests: Urban Gardening, Youth Empowerment

Megan Chen is the Founder and Executive Director at The Urban Garden Initiative, an international nonprofit organization that focuses on environmental sustainability and gardening education. TUGI has worked with thousands of students around the world, encouraging them to become environmental changemakers and activists within their own community in addition to building the skills necessary to create their own sustainable food systems. Through her work with The Urban Garden Initiative, she has been featured by PBS, Ashoka Young Changemakers, Delaware Today, TEDx, and more. She is a Daily Point of Light Award Recipient, HERLead Fellow 2020, and Our Planet: Our Purpose STEM for Changemaking Award Winner. Megan is currently enrolled at Stanford University where she plans on studying urban studies and public policy.

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