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Rise Global Winner 2021

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2021 winner

Meera Dasgupta

United States

Meera believes changing the world begins with transforming individual narratives. She was the youngest person and first Asian-American to be awarded the title of  2020 U.S. Youth Poet Laureate. She is currently a UNA-USA Global Goals Ambassador. Through the creation of her non-profit organization, GreatHER, Meera has set out to use artivism to empower BIPOC women into positions of leadership. She envisions a sustainable future being achieved at the intersection of creativity and research.