Fiorella HERRERA

Fiorella Herrera is a Peruvian marine biology student committed to biodiversity protection and environmental justice. In 2017, she was appointed Ambassador for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals in Peru, and recognized in 2025 by the Initiative Marianne for her commitment to youth leadership and socio-environmental action. She is also delegate of the Youth Congress for Sustainable Americas, and representative of the local environmental commission of Miraflores, Lima. She is the founder of WE CAN BE HEROES, an NGO through which she leads socio-environmental projects across coastal, Andean, and Amazonian regions of Peru. Through the Salva Tu Selva program, she promotes the protection and regeneration of 25,000 hectares of primary tropical forest in the Peruvian Amazon, working alongside nine Indigenous and local communities. This work has helped halt illegal logging and mining in the Napo River, Loreto region, and strengthen sustainable non-timber resource management. As part of this process, she produced the documentary El Otro Río, a tool to raise awareness about territorial defense and community leadership in the Amazon. Fiorella is guided by the belief that environmental regeneration is only possible when communities are recognized as living guardians of their territories.