Lydia Roesler is an activist and an artist. She attends Fort Zumwalt High School in the outer suburbs of St. Louis, where she is a part of both the Gay Straight Alliance and the school’s speech team. Lydia is an active part of the community; she is an ambassador in Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri and has done projects and collaborations with Emmaus Homes, Habitat for Humanity, and Children’s Home Society. She is heavily involved with religious and cultural pluralism. A youth leader in Interfaith Quest, she helped organize the 2016 St.Louis Interfaith Youth Iftar, and St. Louis Interfaith CANstruction. In her spare time, Lydia enjoys reading theology and history, writing, and digital art.