Rodrigo is a young leader from Peru. He studied Communication for Development at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has worked as a Communications Intern for the British Embassy, serving the UK’s priorities related to environmental sustainability. With this role further emphasising his life-long passion for tackling climate change, he then joined the professional staff of a sustainability consultant company in Peru, promoting social, environmental and governance criteria and responsible practices in the private sector of his country and other countries of Latin-American. Rodrigo volunteers with YMCA Peru and joined the grant-winning solution team of Sumaq Muru, which is implementing a project to tackle environmental pollution while providing better living conditions for its participants. He has also been a part of other solutions teams, participating in the design of projects aligned with the SDGs, such as the grant-winning Get It: Youth and Employability to address the impact of the pandemic over the youth, and the Move Up project promoting social entrepreneurship led by young people.