Samintang
2026-2027 Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leader
Co-Founder, Semesta Pulse Network
Indonesia
Samintang is the co-founder of Semesta Pulse Network, an education platform bridging evidence, empathy, and empowerment to advance equitable transitions across Indonesia and beyond. She has delivered environmental education training to 4,500 people across the Asia-Pacific, North America, Middle East, and Sub-Saharan Africa and currently works on Tarbiyah for Climate, an award-winning faith-based environmentalism initiative. Her digital advocacy efforts reached 350,000 students globally and mobilized over $40,000 in climate resilience funding for communities facing heightened vulnerability and barriers. Guided by Indigenous principles of reciprocity and restraint, she works to protect sacred ecosystems by activating cultural memory as a tool for modern conservation.
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