Our Mission
Our mission at SEED is to advocate, educate, impact, and empower communities worldwide by protecting, restoring, and enhancing environmental quality globally.
Our Team
Zaina Nasir
Founder and CEO
Zaina Nasir is a student at Yorktown High School with a deep passion for environmental sustainability and youth empowerment, leading her to create SEED. This organization aims to address the global challenges of climate change and environmental inequity through impactful projects. Zaina is determined to bring about these changes in marginalized communities both locally and globally.
Outside of school, Zaina participates in activities like the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), where she presents scalable, sustainable solutions for environmental issues. Zaina is also an active volunteer at the Rinard Orchid Greenhouse, where she interacts with guests and helps take care of the various plants. Zaina's commitment to both the environment and social equity drives her to ensure that the solutions she advocates for, benefit all people. She also enjoys spending time teaching refugee children in her community.
In her free time, Zaina enjoys reading, baking, crafting, and spending time with family and friends.
Kaylin Tate
Vice President
Kaylin Tate is a student at Yorktown High School. She has always been interested in taking part in environmental tasks, as well as helping people out. When she was given the opportunity to join SEED as the vice president, she accepted, excited to be able to give more to her community and surroundings.
Outside of academics, Kaylin volunteers at Reach when she can, which is a food pantry in Yorktown dedicated to giving out food to people who do not receive a steady income. She also loves to purchase goods that she has deals on and donate them to Muncie Mission, which is an organization that takes donations and distributes them out to people. Additionally, as a Girl Scout, she has participated in many different environmental and social programs that have both helped the community and have sparked her to contribute more to the world around her.
In Kaylin's free time, she adores playing soccer, playing basketball, playing guitar, sewing, baking, cooking, drawing, reading, hanging out with family and friends, and traveling.
Azary Martinez
Secretary and Treasurer
Azary is a Yorktown high school student that loves helping others. She participates in many clubs such as Key club, DECA, Bible club, theatre, and Spanish club.
Azary loves learning languages, as she is currently mastering Spanish and learning Mandarin Chinese
When she has time she loves to cook, bike, meet new people and spend time with her family.