Writers

Diamond Spratling-McGinley

Diamond Spratling-McGinley, MPH, is an acclaimed environmental health and justice activist, storyteller, and international public speaker. In 2019, Spratling-McGinley founded Girl Plus Environment, a national nonprofit dedicated to empowering Black and Brown women and nonbinary individuals to champion climate and environmental justice within their communities. Spratling-McGinley’s leadership is deeply rooted in her personal experiences growing up in Detroit, which have propelled her mission to dismantle health, racial, and environmental inequities in communities of color. She serves on the City of Atlanta Clean Energy’s advisory board, and in 2024 was a Tom’s of Maine Incubator awardee, an NRDC E2 1Hotels fellow, and an Aspen Institute Future Leader Climate Fellow.