Third East Asian Seas Youth Forum Toolkit - PEMSEA.org

Getting to Know My PeersGet to know East Asia’s Young Champions for the Ocean.A Young LeeRO Korea | lovecvb2004@naver.comYoung Champions for the OceanA Young, 21, studies Photo and Video Media at Jei University. She is a member of Daejayon (InternationalAssociation of University Students for Environmental Movement) and has participated in the Green CampusEnvironmental Seminar with the President of Gabon and the 14th New Life Family Walkathon to Help Climate RefugeesAround the World.Aekarak SethiThailand | theloveandlight@hotmail.comAce, 22, studies at Mahidol University International College, where he helps organize various environmentalactivities. He has attended several international trainings in the United States, Germany, Canada and mostrecently at the World Youth Congress in Brazil.Angela Tavares de JesusTimor-Leste | anilaeufraim@gmail.comAngela, 20, studies at the Faculty of Education, Arts and Humanities of the Universidade Naçional de TimorLorosa’e. In 2010, she participated in the Initiative for Peace: Focus on Timor-Leste Conference in Singapore. Throughthis, she got involved with the Cleaning Environment Project where they organized beach cleanup activities.Anna Rosario Remulla OposaPhilippines | annaoposa@gmail.comAnna, 24, has a degree in English Studies from the University of the Philippines. In college, she represented thePhilippines in notable international conferences such as the Ship for the Southeast Asian Youth Program, the DensoYouth for Earth Action and the UN Climate Change Conference in Mexico. After graduation, she attended the BritishCouncil’s Global Changemakers Summit in India and was among the first Global Shapers to participate in the 2012Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland. She was hailed as one of the seveninspiring modern-day Filipino heroes by Yahoo! Southeast Asia and was the youngest recipient of the Future forNature Award in the Netherlands. She is the co-founder and Chief Mermaid of Save Philippine Seas, a movement toprotect the world’s richest marine resources through social media and lobbying for the enforcement ofenvironmental laws.Ara KimRO Korea | ryo0809@hanmail.netAra, 23, has a bachelor’s degree in Environment Science and is currently taking her master’s degree in the samefield. She had her internship with Green Korea United where she campaigned for the use of mugs instead of papercups in coffee shops, offices and schools. She also wrote Internet articles about this campaign.Chaeyoung MoonRO Korea | vorvan@naver.comChaeyoung, 23, studies English and Economics at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. Her interest in marineenvironment and biodiversity started when she participated in the EAS Congress preparatory meeting in SouthKorea, where she learned about the importance of protecting the ocean.55