| Christine E. Nieves | |
| Birth Place: | London, England |
| Nationality: | Puerto Rican |
| Alma Mater: | University of Pennsylvania University of Oxford |
| Occupation: | Community organizer |
| Employer: | Emerge Puerto Rico |
Christine Nieves is a Puerto Rican community organizer and climate change activist. She is the founder of Emerge Puerto Rico, a community redevelopment non-profit.
Nieves focuses on building community resilience before and after environmental disasters, such as Hurricane Maria in 2017 and the series of earthquakes in Puerto Rico in 2020.[1] [2] [3] Her organization, formerly called Apoyo Mutuo Mariana, provided free meals for a mountainous community that was heavily impacted by the storm.[4]
Nieves attended the University of Pennsylvania for her bachelor's degree.[5] She later earned a master's degree at University of Oxford.[6]
Nieves emphasizes the importance of community and self-sufficiency when preparing for climate change, in part because of the lack of government assistance after Hurricane Maria. Nieves has worked with "anarchist organizers" to accomplish greater community independence.[7] [8] [9] She also speaks about mental health and challenges that come after disasters.
Nieves founded Emerge Puerto Rico, a "climate change leadership startup" and non-profit.[10] She gave a talk about her work toward community-based resilience at TEDMED in 2018.[11]
She is a 2020 Echoing Green fellow.[12]