Jayden Foytlin is a 14-year-old hurricane survivor and one of 21 young leaders suing the federal government for inaction on climate change. She experienced the destruction of climate change firsthand in her hometown of Rayne, Louisiana where she woke up to a half a foot of water during a storm that flooded her home. Foytlin describes the isolation of being a teenage climate activist in the conservative town of Acadia Parish where offshore oil and gas is a major industry to journalist Neela Banerjee who grew up in southeast Louisiana. Although she experiences alienation from her local community, she connects closely with the other youth plaintiffs from different states leading the Our Children’s Trust lawsuit. Foytlin has the support of her mother Cherri and her sister Erin who are engaged in the movement and co-speak at public climate events. Photo credit: InsideClimate News/ Neela Banerjee