Rayan is an environmental scientist and a youth leader who has represented the voices of over 400,000 young people on the challenges and solutions youth share regarding food systems and the nature and climate nexus. He has advocated for a holistic approach that unites food systems, biodiversity, and the climate by sharing patterns evolving among innovative youth-led solutions. Rayan is the West Asia Regional Director at Youth4Nature, and a Climate Change & Youth Advocacy Consultant at UNICEF. He also represents the voices of the campaign Act4Food Act4Change that emerged from the Food Systems Summit and has worked on the first-ever Global Youth Statement on Nature-based Solutions.