Aisha Huertas

Aisha (she/her) is a global climate justice leader with more than two decades of experience advancing equity, human rights, and systems change across nonprofit, faith-based, and advocacy organizations. She currently serves as Global Climate Justice Director at The Climate Reality Project, where she works at the intersection of climate action, racial justice, and global equity—helping shape strategies that center frontline communities and the Global South. Born in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, and raised on the U.S. mainland from the age of twelve, Aisha’s leadership is grounded in lived experience, migration, and a deep commitment to collective liberation. Prior to joining The Climate Reality Project, she spent six years with the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, where she founded and led its first advocacy and justice department. In that role, she developed a statewide racial justice program and organized faith leaders and congregations to engage on issues including racial equity, immigrant justice, and environmental justice. Her leadership contributed to the Diocese’s public opposition to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, which threatened the historic Freedmen community of Union Hill in Buckingham County, Virginia. 
 
Earlier in her career, Aisha worked with organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and Donate Life America, building coalitions, advancing policy change, and strengthening civic engagement. She holds a master’s degree from Emerson College and a bachelor’s degree from Louisiana College. 
 
Outside of work, Aisha finds joy in live music, dance, travel, long walks along the James River in Richmond, Virginia, and time spent with family and friends.