OUR MISSION

To reduce the environmental and social impacts of fast fashion by empowering youth to lead accessible, community-based solutions for more sustainable fashion awareness

OUR APPROACH

Meet The Team

Katelyn Wan

Founder and School Lead The Nueva School Katelyn Wan is a freshman at The Nueva School and a founder of the Youth Sustanable Fashion Initiative. She got interested in sustainable fashion while working on speech for a summer camp. As an avid shopper, she soon discovered the true cost of her clothing. She learned that the fashion industry is responsible for 10 % of annual global carbon emissions, and is only worsening. She learned that many clothes in her closet will take hundreds of years to decompose. She started YSFI to help do her part to make a difference. In her free time, she enjoys digital art, crafting, and writing

Kyle Wan

Co-Founder The Nueva School Kyle is a junior at the Nueva School, and is a founder of the Youth Sustainable Fashion Initiative. He strives to address the climate crisis with community engagement, education, and technological advancement. He also serves as on the leadership team for Super Plants which serves to educate Bay Area youth on biodiversity and promote CO2 reduction through the promotion of plants which capture and store CO2. In his free time, he enjoys gardening at the O'Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm, practicing sustainable agriculture.

Skyler Law

School Lead Castilleja Skyler Law is a freshman at Castilleja and is the YSFI School Lead for Castilleja. She supports YSFI’s mission by helping organize sustainable fashion initiatives and activities at her school. She first became involved with sustainable fashion when she learned about the fast fashion crisis after watching the documentary, Brandy Hellville and has advocated for reducing consumer spending ever since. Outside of YSFI, Skyler enjoys rowing, baking, and being involved in her school and city community.

Stella

Team Writer Crystal Springs Uplands School Stella is a freshman at Crystal Springs. She loves to dance and is interested in the idea of sustainable fashion. She is a team writer and helps post articles about fast fashion and sustainability.

Athena Li

Team Writer Woodside School Athena Li is a freshman at Woodside Priory. She loves the environment and wants to help make the planet more sustainable. She learned all about the harms of non-sustainable items from reading books about the planet. She also wants to help fight climate change. In her free time she enjoys playing piano, being with her guinea pigs, and reading.