Name: Jerome Foster II
Age: 19
City: New York, New York
Area of focus: Climate justice
He has served on the Washington, D.C. State Board of Education’s Advisory Council, as an intern for Congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis, and is currently a member of the Biden administration’s White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.
That would be a full resume for a Washington lifer. Foster, though, is just 19.
He knew the Capitol building quite well before they invited him in, too: For 57 weeks, he spent his Fridays outside of the White House, striking for climate change.