Together with OpenAQ, Community Ambassadors commit to advocating for data transparency and contribute to the collective action against air pollution. Meet the 2025 cohort below.
Colombia
Alejandro Piracoca, M.Sc., is an environmental engineer specializing in air quality, environmental modeling and environmental data analysis. With expertise in emissions modeling and development of air pollution reduction strategies, he has collaborated on projects with multilateral and national...
India
Anshika Kansal is a public health professional dedicated to air quality advocacy and data-driven policy solutions. As Deputy Manager at Lung Care Foundation, she leads initiatives that bridge research, policy, and community engagement to combat air pollution. She has spearheaded Clean Air Forums,...
India
Ashik is an Inventor, innovator, patent holder and TEDx speaker working on air pollution control technology, He started Panjurli Labs in 2021 with a mission to provide clean air to all, in the past 2 Panjurli Labs has installed over 250 sustainable air purifiers and providing clean air to more than...
Uzbekistan
Aziza Sharofova is an environmental engineer with many years of experience in the environmental field. Having started in the private sector developing EIA projects, she devoted more than seven years to state ecological expertise, assessing the impact of industrial facilities on nature. Since July...
Tunisia
Dhouha Ouerfelli is an agronomic engineer specializing in crop production sciences with a MSc in Geoinformation for Environmental Management. Currently, she serves as Research Assistant at the RS/GIS Lab of MAICh, where she focuses on remote sensing and GIS, contributing to innovative solutions in...
Peru
Doroti Cuestas is a researcher in the making, committed to improving air quality and data accessibility. Currently, she holds a degree in environmental engineering and is a master’s student in Environmental Sciences at the Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina in Peru. She is a junior researcher in...
Uganda
Elizabeth Kiconco is a public health scientist from Uganda. Driven by her own childhood respiratory health issues, she is very passionate about preventing health conditions linked to poor air quality, especially among women and children. She works with the African Centre for Clean Air (ACCA) on the...
Morocco
Naaima Ben Kadour, M.Sc., is a Data Science Engineer with a Master's degree in Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. She worked as a Data Scientist at a startup, where she developed deep learning models using computer vision to support agricultural solutions both in Morocco and internationally....
Rwanda
Oscar Umwanzisiwemuremyi is an environmentalist committed to sustainable resource management and pollution prevention. He holds a Master’s in Natural Resources and Environmental Management from IPB University, Indonesia, specializing in Environmental Change, Pollution and Disaster Management. He...
Gambia
Saikou Camara is a Public Health Officer who works at the Environmental Health Unit under the Directorate of Public Health Services. He attended the School of Public Health at The Gambia College and obtained a Higher Diploma in Public and Environmental Health. Committed to continuous learning and...
