Maftuna Amirova is a young, ambitious environmental conservation advocate from Uzbekistan, Central Asia. As a senior graduating from high school, she wants to explore what it is like to be in a global community where everyone is driven by a single mission - to protect the ocean. She strongly believes that through the Youth Ambassadorship program, she can grow not only as an advocate-leader but also as a person who can feel, help, and take action.

Her project, "Girls Hub," shows her indispensable leadership focused on giving access to STEM lessons to girls, where education was not accessible. Through her project, she realized the importance of amplifying the voices of young females, whose voices need to be heard. Along with doing research on freshwaters, she found the importance of protecting the ocean, as they are a natural sink that absorbs a large amount of CO2.

As she describes herself as someone who likes to explore the unknown, she developed a strong interest in becoming a National Geographic explorer-scientist. Through the program, she is hoping to blend her diverse interests and find the common thing that unites all of them. Maftuna is also representative of her homeland, Uzbekistan rich in history and traditions. She is also deeply passionate about the local water problems, like the Aral Sea, water scarcity, and access to freshwater. She wants to gain international experience from her incoming campaign, collaborating with the representatives of the Earth Eco and the High Seas Alliance.