Manaia Taula-Lieras, 17, (of Diné, Umatilla, Samoan and Chicana ancestry), a Youth Ambassador at the Sacramento Native American Health Center, founded and is President of the World Justice Club at her high school, where she focuses on promoting diversity and a safe space for underrepresented students, along with providing accurate information about social and environmental issues. Manaia, who has received several scholarships from the Native Like Water program to exchange cultural knowledge with indigenous peoples from Hawaii to San Diego, has a passion for writing and ethnic studies and spends her free time involved in hula and Tahitian dance, as well as surfing.