Join Plastic Pollution Coalition, and guests, for a movie screening and discussion. Local and global advocates join Plastic Pollution Coalition’s Jackie Nuñez to explore the film's relevance and power in this critical moment.
We all know our planet is swimming in plastic. But most people don’t know that our bodies are full of it too. The startling new documentary "Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics" travels the world to help us look at plastic in a new way. Featuring significant “first of its kind” footage, the film lays bare the threat posed by microplastics in the human body and the impressive advocates searching for a solution.
Jackie Nunez is the Founder of The Last Plastic Straw and Advocacy & Engagement Manager for Plastic Pollution Coalition. Her passion for travel, ocean sports, the environment, and community service inspired her to create The Last Plastic Straw. When not traveling the globe she makes her home in Aguadilla,PR where she teaches people of all ages how to speak truth to plastic and be an agent for change in their communities. .
Jackie created The Last Plastic Straw in 2011 as a volunteer project for Save Our Shores, and it’s grown to become a program of Plastic Pollution Coalition. Her goal is to help educate the public about the absurdity of single-use plastic, its effects on our health, environment and oceans by using plastic straw as a gateway towards eliminating our single-use plastic habit.
Jackie has been relentless in encouraging eateries to stop automatically giving out straws and as the Advocacy & Engagement Manager for Plastic Pollution Coalition she has been a force to help change policy away from single-use plastic pollution on the local, state, federal and international level. She has been featured on NBC, The Washington Post, China Global and "interviewed" on FOX “news”.
Jackie is a frequent speaker at international conferences, in the press, and was featured in the award-winning documentary Straws Film. She is also a proud board member of the Green Latinos.