Xiye Bastida is a climate justice activist, storyteller, and Executive Director of Re-Earth Initiative, a global youth-led organization making the climate movement more accessible and intersectional. Of Otomi-Toltec heritage, Xiye integrates Indigenous worldviews of reciprocity, interdependence, and intergenerational responsibility into global climate advocacy.

She began her activism after her hometown of San Pedro Tultepec, Mexico, experienced flooding and water contamination. Since then, she has become a leading voice in the climate movement, organizing climate strikes, speaking at global stages like the United Nations, and redefining storytelling through her upcoming film, The Way of the Whale.

Through the Re-Earth Initiative, she supports youth-led, nature-based projects across the Global South and works to shift climate narratives toward solutions and equity. Xiye has been recognized as a TIME 100 Next honoree, recipient of the UN Spirit Award, a Forbes Changemaker, and is currently a 776 Fellow, continuing to scale youth-led climate leadership globally.

Xiye is a presenter at Hollyhock’s 2025 Women in Climate Summit.