Luis Lopez – Spanish American Hoping to Change the World
“My dream is to work at the UN”
Luis is 19. He was born in Madrid and grew up in the beautiful city of Avila, in Northern Spain. When he was 9, he moved to Miami with his parents, his two older sisters and his younger brother. He went to public school in Key Biscayne and graduated virtually from MAST Academy in May 2020. He is fluent in English and Spanish and speaks a little bit of French.
Luis has always been interested in politics and would love to work at the United Nations. His key concerns right now are the need to improve the educational system in the US – he thinks very highly of the Finnish model – and all the issues around the impact of climate change. Since July 2020, he has been hosting a podcast called Despierta Tu Mente (“Wake Up Your Mind”) in which he creates content to solve current world problems, discusses lesser-known ideas and subjects and encourages his listeners to take action.
Luis is a Freshman in the Honors Program at Miami Dade College and hopes to transfer to Georgetown in Washington DC to continue studying Political Science. For now, he is a Student Government Senator, Secretary of the Model UN Club at the Wolfson Campus at MDC and also works as Congressional Intern for a Florida Congresswoman. Last but not least, Luis is Junior Branch President of the Children’s International Summer Villages chapter in Miami, responsible for planning and carrying out monthly activities for more than 50 people and organizing multiple mosaic projects to help the local community.