Christy Zakarias (born 19 July 1998; 26 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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3][4][5] 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.[6]
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- ^ "Christy "Zee" Zakarias". Genius. Retrieved 2017-08-15.