Nalleli Cobo
Nalleli Cobo is an American activist. Biography
Nalleli Cobo was raised in South Los Angeles in a Latino family. Like many of her neighbors and family members, she grew up suffering a range of severe ill-health symptoms medically attributed to toxic emissions from the nearby petroleum operations. In 2015, she co-founded South Central Youth Leadership Coalition which joined other organisations to successfully sue the city of Los Angeles for rubber-stamping oil projects in communities of colour. The oil industry countersued, and lost. Cobo is best known for leading that coalition that helped shut down permanently the local toxic oil-drilling site and changed Los Angeles environmental law. At age 19, in 2020, Cobo was diagnosed with stage two reproductive cancer, necessitating multiple surgeries and procedures to remove her entire reproductive tract, radiation, chemo, and battles with infections, in treatment alone because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Cobo and Greta Thunberg have worked together on environmental campaigns. In 2022, Cobo was included on the Time100 Next list. Awards and recognition
 2022: Goldman Environmental Prize
 2022: California Energy Commission Clean Energy Hall of Fame
 2022: TIME 100 Next
 2022: Apolotical Top 100 Most Influential People in Climate
 2022: Sachamama Top 100 Latinos Committed to Climate Action
 2022: Business Insider Top 100 People Transforming Business
 2020: Rose Braz Award for Bold Activism
 2019: Aris and Carolyn Anagnos Culture of Liberation Award
 2019: Center for Diverse Leadership (CDLS) Fellow
 2018: Women in Green Youth Trailblazer Award
 2018: Liberty Hill Foundation Leader to Watch 
 2017: South Coast Air Quality Management District; Youth Leadership in Air Quality 
 2017: KCET Local Hero
 2017: Univisión Agente de Cambio

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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)