Ayaan Moledina

Ayaan Moledina is a 10th grader in Austin, Texas who first got involved with activism at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when he worked on public health and pro-vaccine policy and grassroots campaigns. Since then, he has worked on multiple public health, education, youth mental health, and civic engagement policy campaigns. Given his lived experiences with mental health, he is passionate about providing resources to struggling youth and expanding suicide prevention resources for students across the country. He believes youth have the power to bring people together and he strives to help unite legislators, advocates, and citizens around important issues affecting youth. Ayaan has served in various roles including at The American Muslim & Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMMWEC), Asian Texans for Justice, the US House of Representatives, the Texas House of Representatives, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, This is My Brave, Round Rock Independent School District, and as Co-Founder and Deputy Executive Director of The Youth Power Project, an organization dedicated to empowering young people in the policymaking process. He has worked on organizing advocacy campaigns and awareness events in partnership with various institutions such as The White House, the US Department of Health and Human Services, and the US Department of Education. Ayaan has been honored by organizations such as the Texas American Federation of Teachers (AFT), The Westly Foundation, and The Congressional Award Foundation. He now serves as the Federal Policy Director at SEAT, a movement of young people developing transferable skills and demonstrating youth visibility in policymaking. Additionally, he is an Executive Council member of Team ENOUGH which works to educate young people about gun violence and mobilize them to take meaningful action to prevent it.