LeeAnne Walters

LeeAnne Walters is an American environmental activist from Flint, Michigan. She became known for her role in exposing the Flint water crisis.

Studies and personal life LeeAnne Walters was trained as medical assistant. She has four children, of which two are twins that were 4 years old in 2014.

Environmental activism Walters became known for her role in exposing the Flint water crisis. In 2014, her children started to suffer from several medical issues, like rashes, hair dropping blurry vision, and enlarged kidney. She then started to make the link with water that started to change color and to flow brown.

In 2015, she founded the advocacy group Water You Fighting For? with Melissa Mays. The 2017 television drama film Flint is based on the toxic water disaster. In the film, Betsy Brandt played the character of Walters. Walters was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2018, for her key role in exposing the Flint water contamination crisis.