Profile

Pamela Elizarrarás Acitores

CNN Academy, Mexico

Pamela Elizarrarás Acitores is a self-taught documentary photographer based in London. She primarily focuses on the youth climate movement and climate justice.

Her passion for creatively bringing new things into existence brought her to pursue a BFA in product design at Parsons School of Design, where she began to make illustrations to raise awareness on the climate emergency as well as the ocean plastic pollution crisis.


Watch From seed to soil: The Mexican community fighting climate change to keep tortillas on our tables produced, filmed, and directed by CNN Academy participant Pamela Elizarrarás Acitores. The film captures farmers across Mexico as they strive to protect corn, the staple of Mexican cuisine, with both their greatest challenge and solution found right beneath their feet.