Amy Onyinye Okonkwo

Amy Onyinye Okonkwo (she/her) is a social justice organizer and scientist currently attending UNC Chapel Hill where she is a member of UNC’s Sunrise Movement. She was a co-president of her high school’s chapter of the Sunrise Movement and executive director of the Student Environmental Education Coalition. The daughter of Nigerian immigrants, Amy grew up in Gastonia, North Carolina.