Christy Zakarias

Christy Zakarias (born 19 July 1998; 22 years old), also known as Christy Zee, is an Indonesian humanitarian public figure from Bekasi, Indonesia. She was the first Indonesian to receive the International Diana Memorial Award in 2013. Zakarias was awarded by former British Prime Minister David Cameron and British diplomat Mark Canning for co-founding and leading Riveria, a charity that teaches underprivileged Indonesian children English, when she was an eighth grader. She has since then appeared on various media, schools, and universities as a guest speaker and motivator.
Zakarias graduated from high school as a valedictorian from Sinarmas World Academy (SWA) in 2015. She then received a BSc with honours in Neuroscience from University College London (UCL) in 2018. Also a budding music producer, Zakarias has worked with artists such as Dua Lipa, Conor Maynard, and Cheat Codes in the past under the pen name "Zee" as a ghostwriter/songwriter for Universal Music Group Global.