Deja Foxx has been many things.

At 16 years old, she was labeled "the face of Planned Parenthood," a moniker Foxx earned when she went head-to-head with US Senator Jeff Flake about preserving funding for the women’s health organization (watch the viral exchange here).

Then, while studying at Columbia University, Foxx accepted a full-time position working on Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign for the 2020 election. At just 21, she became the youngest staffer on the team, acting as the Influencer and Surrogate Strategist.

She has been a student, an activist, and — one day — plans to become president. But for now, the 23-year-old is focused on settling into her next title: role model.

Foxx was one of four young people awarded the Global Citizen Prize: Citizen Award this year for her reproductive and sexual health advocacy. The Citizen Award recognizes activists who are pushing forward the UN’s Global Goals while making an impact in their communities.

When accepting her award during the Global Citizen Prize ceremony, hosted in April in New York City as part of the 2-day action summit Global Citizen NOW, Foxx took the stage to share why being a role model is her top priority.

“There’s nothing I would rather be in this life than a good role model,” Foxx said. “The kind of person that sees potential in someone and pushes them to see it, too. The kind of leader that meets people where they are and removes barriers so that [those] most affected can lead.”

Foxx’s drive to become a role model to young people everywhere began in high school, when she lived in Arizona and was experiencing housing insecurity. She knew that birth control was key to securing her future and attending college, but her school’s curriculum did not provide enough information about how contraception works or how young people could access it.

Read the full article about reproductive and sexual rights by Jaxx Artz at Global Citizen.