Sara Saumanaia, 15, shares her identity between her homeland, Aotearoa New Zealand, and her family's motherland, Tuvalu, which faces severe threats from rising sea levels. Living in the flood-prone area of Christchurch, she experiences the direct impacts of climate change and advocates for her family back home.

Sue (Sara) Saumanaia, 15, poses for a portrait standing on a former residential street in Bexley that became uninhabitable after earthquake damage, dropping nearly a meter in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Saturday morning, October 12, 2024. Bexley is not
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