Helena Lourdes Donato-Sapp is a 17-year-old national and global award-winning speaker, educator, artist, activist, peace builder, and poet who believes that it is urgent for young people like her to understand and be empowered to confront critical issues like anti-Blackness, ableism, misogyny, homophobia, and climate change. In 2026, she is keenly aware that humanity is in crisis, and that her generation stands to inherit a world still struggling with injustice, assaults to democracy, and threat