Bryan Vega, a Program Associate with New Energy Nexus (a groundbreaking clean energy nonprofit seeking to “create an abundant world with a 100% clean energy economy for 100% of the population in the shortest time possible time”), is working on the ground on the “Lithium Valley” project in the Salton Sea area. Raised in both the Valle of Mexicali in Mexico and California’s Imperial Valley, Bryan, who has an academic background in political science and ethnic studies, is an experienced community organizer and civil rights activist.