Amir Smith is a senior from Fort Worth, Texas, where he attends the International Leadership of Texas Keller-Saginaw High School. He is a political and civil rights activist focusing on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) education and LGBTQIA+ activism. Amir has pioneered and promoted policy to reduce gentrification and promote quality education, writing legislation for rent stabilization and anti-gentrification and outlining the negative effects that gentrification and lack of diverse community involvement have. Additionally, he has pioneered proposals with the United Nations on civic education and youth involvement through UNA-USA and grassroots campaigns under the Declaration of Future Generations. He debated for the U.N. Sudanese Refugee Aid Budget, advocating for educational and refugee-based aid, and wrote an amendment for a newly adopted land-neutrality clause in Saudi Arabia's 6th session of the U.N. Environmental Assembly working paper. His amendment specifies the impacts of war and conflict on the environment and international communities, calling for a worldwide ceasefire. While working in the political space, he has served on cultural committees outlining diversity, equity and inclusion policies as well as cultural-education legislation. He has raised $30,000 for pro-cultural awareness candidates in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and $15,000 for language-learning books, educational supplies and “bill support” for BIPOC communities throughout Texas. Striving to foster understanding and promote conversations with people of vastly different backgrounds, Amir believes, "Despite what people might say or think, mutual understanding is the first step. People with wildly different views can learn."