Nalleli Cobo has been fighting toxic oil wells in her South LA community since she was 9 years old.

The infamous AllenCo oil drilling site located just two blocks from her school. These drilling sites are mostly located in low-income, Hispanic neighborhoods who are paying the true cost of air pollution.

In 2010, Nalleli had constant nosebleeds and headaches, developed asthma and was hospitalized for heart palpitations. She’s been working with her community to fight Big Oil and establish a 2,500-foot health and safety buffer in Los Angeles.

Isabella Zizi is a member of the Northern Cheyenne, Arikara and Muskogee Creek Nations. In 2012, Isabella’s family and community were exposed to a mass explosion at the Chevron refinery which caused 15,000 residents to be hospitalized for respiratory illnesses, nausea and headaches.

Since that day, Isabella has been tirelessly organizing in her community. She organized a series of Refinery Healing Walks with Idle No More SF Bay until July 2017. Individuals walked in prayer and contemplation for clean air and a just transition to a safe and sustainable energy for future generations.

Rosanna Esparza lives in Kern County, the epicenter of oil production in California. The oil industry is trying every trick they know — including fracking— to access oil trapped in the Monterey Shale. Big Oil denies endangering the community. Rosanna is going door to door in the small, agricultural, and mostly Hispanic or Latino communities in the Central Valley to collect health surveys from residents and their kids.​

Magali lives on the East side of Wilmington, surrounded by refineries and industrial operations. “We want to live in a neighborhood where we can be outside and breathe clean air.”

Jane lives a few miles away from the SoCalGas Aliso Canyon Storage Facility, home to the worst gas blowout in U.S. History.

Her entire family, including her beloved dog, Missy, was seriously affected by the toxic emissions that spewed for 112 days from late 2015 to early 2016. Jane’s family was one of 8,000 that relocated during the blowout.

She joined Save Porter Ranch and Food & Water Watch to take action. She has traveled to Sacramento to meet with Governor Brown’s staff and lobbied Sacramento politicians to urge for the shut down of Aliso Canyon.

Anabel Marquez and her family are residents of the City of Shafter in Kern County, the epicenter of California’s fossil fuel industry and home to some of the worst air quality in the country.

“Everyday the oil pumps are getting closer and closer to my community, to our schools, churches and homes. The oil industry has invaded us.”

Andrew was displaced for more than 5 months during the Aliso Canyon gas blowout. Fed up with the inaction of the government regulators, Andrew developed the Environmental Health Tracker (EHT), which allows users to track health symptoms caused by point-source polluters or large man-made or natural disasters.

The Aliso Canyon Gas Storage Facility released over 100,000 metric tons of toxic pollution into surrounding communities, affecting hundreds of thousands of people.