The two young activists had a chance to meet in person while Thunberg was visiting the United Kingdom for a protest.
finally got a chance to meet face to face — and, unsurprisingly, it seems like the two really hit it off.
The 17-year-old Swedish climate change activist, who is in the United Kingdom for a school protest later this week, visited the 22-year-old Pakistani human rights advocate at the University of Oxford, where Yousafzai is currently a student. During their visit on Tuesday, the duo decided to snap a photo together and posted it on their respective social media accounts.“So... today I met my role model. What else can I say?” wrote the 17-year-old climate change activist.
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