Sofia Jenkins-Nieto is 23 year old Xicana climate and environmental justice organizer who has been with Earth Care and YUCCA since 2022. She is a graduate of the University of New Mexico, with a BS in Environmental Science and a minor in Sustainability Studies. She has been involved in environmental organizing since she was in high school in 2016, working with fellow youth leaders to raise money and awareness for Standing Rock. She continued climate work at UNM with the student-led group UNM LEAF, which focused on fossil fuel divestment and climate action. She then got involved with Earth Care during the El Puente Leadership Academy, and has since been working with the YUCCA and Environmental Justice campaigns and programs. She currently serves as the YUCCA Organizing Program Coordinator.