Maria Esperanta Gaspard

Smiling woman with braided hair and off-shoulder checkered top, sitting in a relaxed setting

Maria Esperanta Gaspard is an 18 year old young leader passionate about women's rights and young people finding' independence through education.

She participated and was a winner in a beauty pageant competition at her school. Her project ‘School Community in Health and Safety’ explains how important it is to teach young students and high school adolescents how to respond to emergency situations such as fire, natural disasters and other situations of danger.

She is also part of Plug in the World, an association that passionately fights for human rights.

One action you’d like people to do to help your work

“One thing that people could do to help my work is to have consciousness of their actions to say no, I need to change, I need to make something positive for myself and my community.”

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