Elsa Barron is an environmental peace and security researcher, writer, poet, and youth activist. Her advocacy has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Rolling Stone, and the Christian Science Monitor, among others. She has been an observer or speaker at multiple international conferences, including COP26, COP27, Stockholm +50, and Geneva Peace Week. Elsa graduated from the University of Notre Dame where she studied peace studies and biology. Her work is based on the firm belief that a secure, peaceful, and sustainable future is possible.