Emiliano Juárez is from Westchester, New York, and attends Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He is currently a first-year QuestBridge Scholar concentrating in International & Public Affairs on the Policy & Governance Track, and Economics on the Public Policy Track. Emiliano is involved with several on-campus clubs such as playing guitarrón and violin for the Mariachi de Brown, and a part of the Executive Board for Brown’s Latine Leadership Council as the Chair of External Community Engagement for the Greater Brown and Providence Communities.
Emiliano is also an Heirs To Our Ocean (H2OO) Intern for the 5th Cohort of the U.S. Youth Action Council for the United Nations Ocean Decade (U.S. YAC UNOD). He has advocated for climate action bills working towards the UN Ocean Decade goals twice with the group, culminating over 20 congressional meetings with lawmakers. Apart from his time with H2OO, he has also spent a significant portion of his high school experience with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), Westchester County Youth Councils (WCYC), Westchester Youth Alliance (WYA), Generation Citizen (GC), Citizen University (CU), and OurClimate NY (OCNY).
Emiliano also spent most of his senior year in high school organizing the Música Y Mole Festival, a Mexican-heritage mole competition food & music festival highlighting diverse Mexican businesses and performance groups in his local community in New York. In his spare time, he enjoys swimming, gardening, playing/listening to music, and listening to podcasts.