Solomon Gold­stein-Rose has been a cli­mate activist since age 11. After intern­ing in the Oba­ma White House and in Con­gress dur­ing col­lege, Solomon was elect­ed to the Mass­a­chu­setts state leg­is­la­ture at age 22. Dur­ing his term, he passed sev­er­al small ener­gy and edu­ca­tion poli­cies and cre­at­ed local ini­tia­tives for civic edu­ca­tion and engage­ment. He lives in Amherst, MA where he now works on cli­mate change full time.