Angela Busheska

Angela Busheska
Born
Struga, North Macedonia
EducationLafayette College
Harvard Business School
OccupationsSocial entrepreneur, activist, researcher
Organization(s)EnRoute, United Nations, Microsoft Research
AwardsForbes 30 Under 30
Diana Award
National Geographic Young Explorer

Angela Busheska (Ангела Бушеска) is a Macedonian climate activist, social entrepreneur, and researcher. She is the founder of EnRoute, an organization and mobile application designed to help users reduce their carbon footprint through sustainable transport and fashion choices. Busheska was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in 2022. She is serving as a member of the United Nations Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change for two years from August 2025.

Early life and education

Angela Busheska was born and raised in a low-income family in Struga, North Macedonia.[1][2]

As a child, she was a competitive mathematician.[3][4] In 2017, she won a bronze medal at the Genius Olympiad in Oswego, New York, for her project about an environmentally friendly smart city.[5] She represented North Macedonia on the International Young Physicists' Tournament.[2][6] She turned to climate activism after her aunt died of cardiovascular complications worsened by the severe air pollution in Skopje.[7]

Busheska secured a scholarship to a private high school before receiving a scholarship to study in the United States.[2] She took a gap year in 2020, during which she taught herself computer programming and founded her non-profit, EnRoute. She subsequently enrolled at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, where she became the first woman in 30 years to pursue a dual major in electrical engineering and computer science.[8]

She is an incoming member of Harvard Business School's class of 2027.[9]

Activism and career

EnRoute

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Busheska founded EnRoute, a non-profit organization and mobile app. The app was designed to combat air pollution and fast fashion by calculating the carbon footprint of daily activities, such as commuting and shopping. It encourages users to choose greener transport options and avoid "greenwashed" fashion brands.[10]

Under her leadership, EnRoute grew to include over 80,000 users across 120 countries and established a network of student ambassadors globally. By 2022, the platform was credited with helping users offset approximately 180,000 kilograms of carbon emissions.[10]

Research

Busheska has conducted significant research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and climate adaptation. As a researcher at Microsoft Research, she invented TerraTrace, a system that utilizes satellite imagery, NDVI signatures, and large language models (LLMs) to track land use and deforestation.[11] The system was designed to help governments and small farmers comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).[9][12]

Beyond her work in climate technology, Busheska has contributed to research in structural health monitoring, using machine learning and thermography to detect cracks in buildings.[13] She has also explored the intersection of robotics and neuroscience, co-authoring a paper on hybrid brain-computer interfaces (BCI) for robotic device navigation.[14] Her academic work extends to spatial visualization in virtual reality and applying machine learning for agricultural yield prediction.[15][16]

Advocacy

Busheska has represented North Macedonia and global youth at major international forums.[3]

In September 2021, Busheska represented North Macedonia as a youth delegate at the "Youth4Climate: Driving Ambition" event in Milan, where she contributed to the drafting of the Youth Climate Declaration ahead of COP26.[17][18][19] Following this, in October 2021, she moderated and spoke at the Youth Climate Summit in Skopje, organized by UNICEF and several embassies, where the youth declaration was further discussed.[20]

In 2022, she was selected to join the Youth Advisory Group of the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) and has addressed the forum as a speaker.[21] That same year, she partnered with the Nurture Nature Center as an inaugural Proctor Fellow to help activate the Climate Action Plan for Easton, Pennsylvania.[22] She also serves on the Advisory Board of the climate education non-profit Take Action Global.[23]

In 2023, she participated in the ActNowFilm, a project showcased at COP28, where she was paired in conversation with climate scientist Emily Shuckburgh.[24][25]

In August 2025, she was appointed to the expanded third cohort of the United Nations Secretary-General's Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change, a group of 14 young leaders advising on global climate strategy.[9][26] She also served as an LLDC Youth Leader, addressing the 24th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries in September 2025.[27][28]

Busheska has spoken at high-profile events such as the One Young World Summit in Manchester,[29] UN Digital Cooperation Day,[30] and Climate Action Day.[31] She has also been interviewed by national media outlets in North Macedonia, including Sitel Television and Televizija 24.[32][33] She was a featured speaker at the International Union for Conservation of Nature Conservation Congress,[34] and a speaker at the UN Goals Lounge.[35]

She was an expert consultant through the Youth To The Table partnership between SAP, and We Are Family Foundation.[36]

Recognition

Busheska has received international recognition for her work in climate technology and social entrepreneurship:

References

  1. ^ "Youth Voices". Macedonia2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025. My name is Angela Busheska, I am 18 years old and I come from Struga.
  2. ^ a b c d Pearlman, Natasha (17 September 2024). "Angela Busheska: Math Champ, Engineer, and Sustainable Fashion App Founder". Glamour. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b "My Mission is…to invent devices that will have an exponential impact". Mission Magazine. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  4. ^ "The power of persistence". Lafayette College. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  5. ^ Nikoloska, Biljana (6 July 2017). "Македонските генијалци докажаа во Америка дека кантарионот ги убива бактериите" [Macedonian geniuses proved in America that St. John's wort kills bacteria]. TVM.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  6. ^ "3.500 евра ги делат средношколците-физичари од Олимпијада во Полска" [3,500 euros separate high school physicists from the Olympiad in Poland]. Fakulteti.mk (in Macedonian). 5 April 2019. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Angela Busheska '25 named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list". Lafayette College. 8 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Intern Insights: Vaishnavi Ranganathan with Angela Busheska" (audio (33 mins) + text). Microsoft Research. 24 October 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "UN Secretary-General appoints expanded Youth Climate Advisory Group" (Press release). United Nations. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  10. ^ a b c "Angela Busheska - EnRoute". Forbes. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  11. ^ Busheska, Angela (2025). "TerraTrace: Temporal Signature Land Use Mapping System". ArXiv. Cornell University. arXiv:2502.18704. doi:10.1145/3708468.3715679.
  12. ^ Wong, Margaret (1 September 2025). "Young people join UN effort to solve pressing global issue: 'Hold the world accountable'". The Cool Down. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  13. ^ Busheska, A.; Sabella, N.; Almeida, N.; Rocha, E. (2023). Machine Learning and Thermography Applied to the Detection and Classification of Cracks in Buildings. 2023 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech). IEEE. pp. 247–251. doi:10.1109/SusTech57309.2023.10129532.
  14. ^ Yu, Y.C.; Fisher, H.; Busheska, A.; Thompson, L.; Gabel, L. (2024). A Hybrid BCI for Robotic Device Navigation. 2024 58th Annual Conference on Information Sciences and Systems (CISS). IEEE. pp. 1–6.
  15. ^ Busheska, A.; Lopez, C. (2022). Exploring the perceived complexity of 3d shapes: towards a spatial visualization VR application. International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Vol. 86229. American Society of Mechanical Engineers. pp. V003T03A021.
  16. ^ Busheska, A.; Yu, Y.C. (2025). Machine Learning for Accurate Yield Prediction. 2025 International Conference on Control, Automation and Diagnosis (ICCAD). pp. 1–6.
  17. ^ "Young people ready to join global climate conference" (Press release). UNICEF. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  18. ^ "Младите се подготвени да се приклучат кон глобалната конференција за климатски промени" [Young people are ready to join the global climate change conference] (Press release) (in Macedonian). UNICEF. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  19. ^ Youth4Climate Quickfire Questions: Angela Busheska. Connect4Climate. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  20. ^ "Младинскиот самит за климатски промени ќе се одржи во МКЦ на 20 октомври" [The Youth Climate Change Summit will be held at MKC on October 20]. Publikum.mk (in Macedonian). 18 October 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  21. ^ "Angela Busheska". Social Enterprise World Forum. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  22. ^ "Abigail Schaus '24 and Angela Busheska '25" (PDF). Nurture Nature Center. April 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  23. ^ "Our Team". Take Action Global. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  24. ^ "Angela Busheshka and Professor Emily Shuckburgh OBE". University of Bath. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  25. ^ "ActNowFilm Showcase and Panel". COP28. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  26. ^ "The Third Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change". United Nations. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  27. ^ "Statement: Youth/Private Sector Representative – Ms. Angela Busheska" (PDF). UN-OHRLLS. 26 September 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  28. ^ "24th Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries". UN-OHRLLS. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  29. ^ "Angela Busheska '25 attends One Young World Summit as global leader". The Lafayette. 16 September 2022.
  30. ^ "UN Digital Cooperation Day — Speakers". United Nations. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  31. ^ "Speakers". Climate Action Day. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  32. ^ Идеи што стигнуваат до Обединетите Нации: Активистката Ангела Бушеска, ова утро во ЈСМ [Ideas reaching the United Nations: Activist Angela Busheska, this morning in JSM] (in Macedonian). Sitel Television. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  33. ^ Студио 10 - Гостување на Патриција ДиЏовани и Ангела Бушеска [Studio 10 - Guest appearance of Patrizia DiGiovanni and Angela Busheska] (in Macedonian). Televizija 24. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  34. ^ "Speaker Biography: Angela Busheska". IUCN World Conservation Congress. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  35. ^ 2025 Goals Lounge Report (PDF) (Report). United Nations Office for Partnerships. December 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  36. ^ "Redefining (YOU)th: Nurturing Potential to Accelerate Change". SAP News Center. 15 July 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
  37. ^ "President Pendarovski awards the "Successful Youth" award" (Press release). President of the Republic of North Macedonia. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  38. ^ Jordanova, Verica (5 July 2021). "Младата Aнгела Бушеска доби престижна награда во чест на англиската принцеза Диана" [Young Angela Busheska received a prestigious award in honor of English Princess Diana]. Inovativnost (in Macedonian). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  39. ^ a b Misajlovska, Ivana (12 July 2021). "Македонката која доби награда во чест на принцезата Дајана: Искрено со 19 – годишната Ангела Бушеска" [The Macedonian woman who received an award in honor of Princess Diana: Honestly with 19-year-old Angela Busheska]. Hashtag.mk (in Macedonian). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  40. ^ "Explorer Directory: Angela Busheska". National Geographic Society. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  41. ^ "Angela Busheska". We Are Family Foundation. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  42. ^ "EnRoute". World Summit Awards. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  43. ^ Schindler, Julia (24 May 2023). ""Mission to Net Zero": The Greentech Festival celebrates its 5th anniversary". Haus von Eden. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  44. ^ "2024 Ambition Accelerator Winners". Ashoka Changemakers. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
  45. ^ "Green Carpet Fashion Awards 2024 Recap". Teen Vogue. March 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2025.
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