Xiye Bastida, is a 22-year-old Indigenous climate justice activist. She is TIME100 Next, and holds the UN Spirit Award. With roots in the Otomi-Toltec Indigenous community in Central Mexico, she has been actively involved in organizing climate strikes with Fridays For Future since 2019, co-organizing the largest youth-led march in New York City with over 300,000 participants.

In 2020, she co-founded the Re-Earth Initiative, focusing on providing resources and knowledge to frontline communities. Re-Earth Initiative has members in over 26 countries, and is fully youth-led.

Xiye's advocacy led her to address 40 world leaders at the Biden Climate Summit in 2021 and close the World Leaders Summit at COP26, emphasizing the importance of climate justice, youth engagement, and a just transition. Both speeches gained virality for their directness and clarity. She now serves as an ambassador to the United Nations High Level Champions.

Her powerful words and storytelling have led her to take stage at the Nobel Prize Summit, VOGUE, TED, Global Citizens, Bloomberg Philanthropies, The World Economic Forum, Columbia University, TIME Summit, the New York Times, Women Moving Millions, Ibero, TEC de Monterrey, YouTube, Clinton Global Initiative, among others.

Xiye has been in the Jury of the ANDAM Prize, Global Choices, and is a nominator of the Earthshot Prize.

Her interest in sustainable fashion have led her to collaborate with pioneering designers. She has been in two Vogue covers, and was recognized by Harper’s Bazzar as one of their 22 Icons. She walked during New York Fashion Week for Gabriela Hearst, and has been a loud advocate for climate justice in the fashion industry.

She also serves as a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty Champion and a Climate Governance Commissioner. Xiye authored the first chapter of the "All We Can Save Anthology.”

In 2023, she was named ELLE Woman of the Year.

Xiye is an honor's student at the University of Pennsylvania studying disadvantaged communities in New York City. Additionally, she is the Executive Producer in the upcoming Feature Film, The Way of the Whale.