Niria Alicia Garcia

**Niria Alicia Garcia** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1993) 'yar gwagwarmayar kare muhalli ce ta Xicana, mai ba da shawara kan haƙƙin ɗan adam, kuma malami. Ita ce mai shirya da ke da hannu tare da kokarin sabunta jinsunan da ke karkashin jagorancin 'yan asalin ƙasar a cikin Kogin Sacramento na California.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Niria Alicia Garcia a Oregon ga dangin ma'aikatan gona masu ƙaura. Mahaifiyarta ta fito ne daga Michoacán, Mexico, kuma ta yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka a shekarunta na ashirin, tana zaune a California kafin ta zauna a Rogue Valley na Oregon.

Garcia ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Oregon tare da digiri a cikin nazarin muhalli, karatun Latin Amurka, da kuma gudanarwa mai zaman kanta.  A matsayinta na dalibi ta shiga cikin shirin karatu a kasashen waje a Salvador, Brazil, tana yin aiki tare da mazauna favela da shugabannin al'umma. A can ta ga tasirin kamfen ɗin ƙauyuka da ke tayar da hankali don ƙarin saka hannun jari a cikin al'ummomin da aka ware kuma ta sami abin koyi a cikin shugabannin mata. Wannan gogewa ta yi wahayi zuwa gare ta don neman aiki a cikin kare hakkin dan adam da kuma gwagwarmayar adalci na zamantakewa.

Garcia ya ci gaba da karatu don digiri na biyu a fannin kare hakkin dan adam a Jami'ar Columbia . 

## Yunkurin fafutuka
Garcia na ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya zanga-zangar "Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice" a taron koli na 2018 Global Climate Action Summit a San Francisco. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan aikin, ita da sauran masu gwagwarmayar yanayi sun katse Gwamna Jerry Brown yayin da ya zo kan mataki don ba da jawabi. Sun bayyana buƙatun kawo ƙarshen sabbin kwangilar hako man fetur da gas a California, kuma sun tambayi Brown ya ba da lissafin saɓani tsakanin sunansa a matsayin shugaban siyasa kan batutuwan yanayi da ci gaba da tallafawa ayyukan man fetur. An cire Garcia daga zauren ta hanyar tsaro, tare da wasu mata biyu.

Garcia ta yi magana a fili game da tasirin Canjin yanayi a rayuwarta. A lokacin bala'in wuta na 2020, dole ne ta kwashe gidanta lokacin da gobarar Almeda ta yi barazana a Oregon, kuma gidan mahaifinta ya lalace. Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya taron tunawa da harsuna biyu a ranar tunawa da gobarar, wanda ya kori dubban mazauna yankin.

A cikin 2019 Garcia ta halarci COP25 a matsayin jagora na tawagar matasa 'yan asalin da ke da alaƙa da ƙungiyar bayar da shawarwari ta SustainUS .  Sauran kungiyoyin adalci na zamantakewa waɗanda ta yi aiki tare da su sun haɗa da Earthjustice, Our Children's Trust, Honor the Earth, Greenaction, Rustic Pathways, Women's Earth Alliance da No More Deaths.

### Run4Salmon
Garcia na ɗaya daga cikin masu shirya Run4Salmon, tafiya ta addu'a da Winnem Wintu Tribe da Cifinsu Caleen Sisk suka jagoranta. Tun daga shekara ta 2016, Run4Salmon ta dauki nauyin tafiya ta shekara-shekara tare da hanyar ƙaura ta salmon Chinook, daga wuraren da ke da tsawo a cikin Kogin McCloud zuwa ruwan bakin teku na Kogin Delta na Sacramento-San Joaquin. Masu halarta suna tafiya a kan hanyar kilomita 300 a cikin makonni biyu, suna wayar da kan jama'a game da lafiyar halittu masu yawa na California da kuma yanayin haɗari na salmon, nau'in maɓalli. A kan hanyar suna karbar bakuncin abubuwan da ke ba da shawara don Maido da yanayin halittu da kuma yin bikin rayuwar 'yan asalin ƙasar.

Garcia ya fara aikin fim na gaskiya game da waɗannan batutuwan da kuma tafiyar Run4Salmon a cikin 2020 bayan ya sami tallafi daga Majalisar Dinkin Duniya. Fim din na ilimi yana da niyyar yin kyau da rashin ƙarfi na tsarin halittu na Kogin McCloud ya fi sauƙi kuma nan da nan ga waɗanda ba za su iya fuskantar shi da kansu ba.

Run4Salmon yana taimakawa wajen yada wayar da kan jama'a game da aikin Winnem Wintu Tribe don sake gabatar da salmon Chinook mai gudu a cikin hunturu zuwa Kogin McCloud, ta amfani da kayan da aka saukar da su zuwa Kogin Rakaia a New Zealand a cikin shekarun 1940.  Chinook mai gudu a cikin hunturu kusan ya ƙare bayan an yanke shi daga wuraren da ke sama ta hanyar gina madatsar ruwan Shasta. Ana yin ƙoƙari tare da haɗin kai tare da Ngai Tahu Maori, Ofishin Mahimmanci na Amurka da Hukumar Kula da Tekun da Yanayi ta Kasa.  

## Kyaututtuka da girmamawa
Garcia ta sami lambar yabo ta 2019 Emerging Leader daga kungiyar muhalli ta GreenLatinos . An girmama ta a matsayin daya daga cikin Kungiyar Arewacin Amurka don Ilimi na Muhalli EE 30 Under 30.  Ta kasance memba na Ƙungiyar Mata ta Duniya ta 2019 Grassroots Accelerator for Women Environmental Leaders . 

Shirin Muhalli na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya ya kira Garcia daya daga cikin Matasan Zakarun Duniya a shekarar 2020. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan lambar yabo, ta sami $ 10,000 a cikin kudade don aikinta a cikin kiyayewa na asali da kuma samun damar horo na musamman.

## Manazarta