About me
Hemlata Pant will be speaking on the Youth Panel, drawing from her experiences as a young grassroots, intersectional climate change activist based in Bristol. Actively engaged in intersectional activism and outreach, Hemlata focuses on underrepresented communities in education, particularly the life sciences, reflecting her personal background and academic passions as a second-year UG Biochemistry student, child immigrant and upbringing in one of the most disadvantaged regions of Bristol.
As a grassroots climate activist, she has developed her own gardening club and contributed to filmmaking with Bristol's Black Seeds Network, a climate organisation centring people of colour, on their Nature Connex program. Hemlata has also collaborated with We the Curious, developing the Hidden Health exhibition, “My Pain is Important”, which addresses medical misogyny and self-advocacy aimed at women across ages and abilities. Also under the “Hidden Health” theme, she has organised and chaired a “Decolonising the Biomedical Sciences” board launch event at the University of Bristol, focusing on actionable strategies to challenge Eurocentric curricula and promote inclusivity in university-level STEM education, especially the Life and Biomedical Sciences. This work reflects her lifetime goals and commitment around amplifying marginalised voices and creating platforms for often-overlooked communities through intersectional, community-focused climate activism, aimed at making impactful, lasting change.
