Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

I play with Legos so much.

Um... Really...

I took myself really seriously when I was little.

I saw a documentary about the destruction of the planet.

I was like, this is my destiny.

And I was really terrified by the thought that my future was gonna be tainted because people all over the world weren't taking adequate action to protect us from climate disaster.

And that inspired me to do something about it.

I told mom, I need to talk to people, help me.

So she became my publicist and my manager and my agent, age six.

You know, so that was pretty dope.

And I got involved in a sense, and it's just been, you know, more opportunities to use my voice to make a difference in the world.

It's been quite the journey.

Yo, so we got involved with this organization called Earth Guardians.

My mom started it as an accredited high school in Maui, Hawaii.

My sister was running it.

She passed it on to me when I was, like, nine.

Um, me and my friends,

went into our local county commissioners and we banned the use of pesticides.

We continue to work in our community to ban fracking for five years.

Um, it was a whole squad of us, man.