Donovan Guttieres is Organizing Partner for the UN Major Group for Children & Youth (UN MGCY) and former Focal Point for its Science-Policy Interface Platform. He is a research scientist at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS). He holds a Masters Degree from the MIT Technology Policy Program and B.S in Biomedical Engineering from Boston University, with a focus on global health technologies and applied public health. He is actively engaged with many groups on campus, such as the Science Policy Initiative at MIT, Engineers Without Borders, Global Poverty Initiative at MIT, and Biotechnology Group. His interest is on evidence-informed approaches to context-conscious, people-centered, and planet-sensitive applications of technology for sustainable development.