Christina Adane is rooted in purpose-led movement, working along the intersection of social justice and youth culture.
She is currently available for consulting engagements, speaking inquiries and commissioned projects.
Christina was founding co-chair of Bite Back’s youth board, a youth-led movement fighting the injustices of the food industry. She fronted national campaigns over the years such as extending free school meal provision over lockdown, which garnered 450,000 signatures on her petition which led to a government U-turn in the May half-term. Marcus Rashford then spearheaded this campaign during the summer holidays.
Christina worked intensely during and after college at Bite Back, focusing on their external relations with government and corporations. She travelled Europe speaking at conferences, working with the senior executives of multinational companies to improve their child health strategy alongside lobbying government to implement health policies.
After a run of four years focused solely on campaigning for food equity, Christina decided to diversify across several other passions. This includes being EIC of various publications, incubating emerging youth culture through a co-founded platform CAPSULE and sitting on various national and international councils working across various social justice issues.
Media
Adane’s work in food and advocacy has been featured at length in The Guardian, i_D, The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Big Issue, the BBC, The Independent and many more. Christina also directed her own program on Radio 4 called ‘My Name is Christina.’
Awards and Honours
Christina received her first accolade at 16, when she was named one of the BBC’s 100 most influential women in the world. Her other awards and honours include:
Diana Legacy Award 2021
Third Sector Award 2021, winner of the ‘Rising Star’ category
Finalist of the International Children’s Peace Prize
Honorary Fellow of the British Science Association
Politico’s Power 40
Glamour 24 Under 24
Public Speaking
Christina has a decorated portfolio of speaking achievements: she became a TedX Speaker at 17, spoke at Wembley for WE Day, and was a panellist at the Business of Fashion, which was the first of hundreds of panels and events she has spoken at since. One of her favourite of these was fronting the PR campaign for Amnesty X Angelina Jolie’s new book, ‘Know Your Rights’ where she got to chat with Jolie and other incredible youth activists for media partners The One Show and The Guardian. Angelina wasn’t the only celebrity that caught onto Christina; Prince Harry and Meghan Markle invited Christina to speak alongside a star-studded lineup for their debut episode of ‘Archewell Audio.’
