Draft:Amara Nwuneli

Amarachi C. Nwuneli (born June 27, 2007) is a Nigerian-American activist, social innovator, actor, and author. She founded and runs Preserve Our Roots a social activism movement and NGO that focuses on raising awareness about climate change through the education and mobilization of youth. Preserve Our Roots supports all aspects of youth-led change and trains the future generation of activists through interactive seminars, workshops, informational videos, and local initiatives. Through her work as a climate activist, she has served as a speaker and youth representative on various panels, attended United Nation's COP27 as a CCC delegate[3], written several articles about challenging the ideas around climate change and runs the Fight Global Warming Nigeria educational Hub. , She was selected as one of the seven Ashoka recognized co-leaders of the EACH movement and is part of the second cohort of Ashoka Young Changemakers Nigeria.

In addition, she constantly works to address inequality, corruption , and discrimination by leading Beach Clean-ups , raising funding for communities affected by climate change, running shoe and book drives for government schools, and exposing herself to volunteer work.

In December 2022, she published her first poetry book, For We Are Curious and had several book readings in different locations across Lagos. For We Are Curious News Article.

Aside from her work as an activist, she is passionate about the Performing Arts. She began acting at the age of 7 when she starred in several school plays and is best known for her role in the Netflix film Coming From Insanity. However, her first Television appearance was on Kids Say The Dardnest Things (2014). Following her debut, she continued to appear in radio commercials and television commercials with brand names including: Ribenna, Golden Morn, Maggi, Leadway Life Insurance and more. However, in 2017 she landed her first lead role in a traveling theatre troupe, Proud African Roots, where she performed in the plays 'I wish I wish’ and 'Ebi Bulu' in national theatres across Nigeria. She acted in these plays from 2017 to 2019, from which she continued to act in her school plays and practice public speaking.

= Early Life = Amara Nwuneli was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA to a Nigerian- American father and mother (Mezuo Nwuneli and Ndidi Nwuneli ). However, at the age of 4 after living in Senegal, she moved to Lagos, Nigeria, where she spent most of her childhood. Amara Nwuneli has one brother named Udenna Nwuneli.

= Books = For We Are Curious (2022)

= Articles = Our Voices Matter Too: What Nigerian children and youth want to see from the next administration (2023)

Consequences of choosing to ignore the impact of climate change in Nigeria (2022)

What Nigerian children want to see from the next administration (2023)

= Filmography = Wazobia: A short film about climate change (2021)

Coming From Insanity (2019)

Kid say the Darndest things (Season 2 episode 8)