Meet the SIM SDGs
Ambassadors
SOCIAL IMPACT MOVEMENT SDG
AMBASSADORS
The SDGs Ambassador Series is a movement of change-makers, social entrepreneurs, and global thinkers and doers committed to educating and demanding a call to action to unite the Sustainable Development Goals in Miami.
OUR GOAL
Is to leverage private and public connections to have more people actively contributing to the growth of the SDGs.
The Ambassadors are passionate, community leaders specializing in one of the Global Goals.
They are equipped with curated knowledge and advocacy skills to inform and influence stakeholders, policy-makers, and decision-making leaders.
The Ambassadors facilitate salon-style conversations, provide educational workshops, organize community events, and support the design of projects related to the SDGs.
Their work is volunteer-based and relies on Social Impact Movement’s expertise and resources to carry out activities and projects.
Our PROGRAMS
SIM AMBASSADOR
Cindy Makita
SIM SDG 5 Ambassador
GENDER EQUALITY
Cindy Makita
In 2018 she graduated Magna Cum Laude, as a Worlds Ahead Graduate and as an Honors student. She focus her talent on creating key strategic relationships between Miami leaders, enterprises, citizens, and government to advance Miami’s progress towards achieving the 5th Sustainable DevelopmentGoal for Gender Equality: Empowering Women and Girls.
Cindy
SOCIAL IMPACT MOVEMENT SDG
Meet Our SIM SDG
AMBASSADORS
SIM AMBASSADOR
Claudia Sebastiani
SIM SDG 11 Ambassador
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Claudia is a sustainability consultant in South Florida, having previously worked in drafting environmental policy, advocacy, climate education, coalition building, and community organizing.
Claudia Sebastiani
She serves as a steering committee member at the Miami Climate Alliance, Board member and Partnerships Committee Co-Chair at the Miami Forward Coalition, and recently appointed Miami Ambassador for SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities at Social Impact Movement for improving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
As an Ambassador for SDG 11, Claudia will champion sustainable practices while building community, accelerate innovative ideas with the intention of distributed leadership and power-sharing through strategic action for an equitable, circular, livable, and regenerative city.
Claudia
SIM AMBASSADOR
Scarlett Arana
SIM SDG 14 Ambassador
LIFE BELOW WATER
Scarlett is a social innovator and entrepreneur with specialized experience in Geospatial Technology such as GIS, LIDAR, Remote Sensing, and Drone surveying.
Scarlett Arana
Scarlett has worked as a research contractor for NOAA and is also a Divemaster passionate about solutions restoration and preservation of Life Below Water – SDG 14. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture from FIU and a Master Degree in Geographical Information Sciences from University of Florida.
In one of her first projects as a geospatial scientist, she helped NOAA to introduce a new technology to biologists to efficiently map the coral reefs.
The raw data received from the ocean surveys drew many red flags on the health of the coral reefs encouraging Scarlett to advance on her mission. She started the Miami Scuba Club training citizen scientists to aid the coral restoration efforts in Florida while helping non profit organizations working with coral reef restoration to get the necessary resources to keep running.
Scarlett
SIM AMBASSADOR
Liuba Abreu
SIM SDG 16 Ambassador
PEACE, JUSTICE AND STRONG INSTITUTIONS
Liuba Abreu is a Venezuelan lawyer focused on the defense and promotion of human rights, especially the rights of migrant and refugee people.
Liuba Abreu
She has worked and been a volunteer and spokesperson in various Non-Governmental Organizations dedicated to the protection of human rights, humanitarian assistance and access to justice, such as Amnesty International, HIAS, and UNCHR. She is the Founder and Director of Across Humanity, an online initiative dedicated to the promotion of the human rights of migrants and refugees in the world.