Villaseñor has taken similar climate action to Thunberg, who inspired her with her December 4, 2018 talk at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24) in Katowice, Poland. Since December 14, 2018 (while COP24 was still held),[1] she skips school every Friday in order to protest against lack of climate action in front of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York.[9] She is no longer involved with the US Youth Climate Strike group[10] and founded the climate change education group Earth Uprising.[11]