The Born Free USA Youth Ambassador Program brings the Born Free vision and mission to younger generations, helping to advance wildlife protection into the future. Youth Ambassadors have the opportunity to speak out for wildlife to educate and empower other young people to become wildlife advocates.
Get to know more about our current Youth Ambassadors below – and be sure to follow them on social media!
Founder of Kids Can Save Animals, founder of Club 15 – an extension of Project 15 from Microsoft – and author of Let’s Go On Safari!
YOUTH AMBASSADOR SINCE 2021
Kate Gilman Williams is an animal advocate, entrepreneur, author, and singer who believes that advocacy has no age limit and works to get young people involved in wildlife conservation.
Kate has launched several projects designed to inspire young people to take action for animals. When she was only eight years old, she authored the book Let’s Go On Safari!, which takes readers on a safari adventure and encourages children to speak up for animals who do not have a voice. She then founded Kids Can Save Animals to connect her generation with world-renowned conservation organizations, technologists, policy makers, and global leaders who work to save wildlife and wild spaces. She also launched Club 15, a podcast so named because we lose one elephant from our planet every 15 minutes. Club 15 was created in partnership with Microsoft, an extension of Microsoft’s conservation initiative, Project 15. Each episode of Club 15 introduces young people to top scientists, technologists, and conservationists working to save animals from extinction. In June 2021, she released a song along with singer Jenn Hartmann Luck titled “Kids Can Save Animals,” which stresses the role kids can play in safeguarding the natural world.
In her role as Born Free USA Youth Ambassador, Kate speaks to her generation about the exploitation and suffering of animals living in captivity and educates kids and teens about the cruelty of using animals for entertainment, what the illegal pet trade is, and how we all can help end the wildlife trade and trophy hunting.