'So... today I met my role model. What else can I say?' Greta Thunberg tweeted 'She's the only friend I'd skip school for,' Malala Yousafzai quipped. The two paused briefly from advocating for the environment and human rights to meet for the first time.
The two young women took a brief pause from advocating for the environment and human rights to meet for the very first time. To no one's surprise, they were fast friends.
Greta Thunberg visited Malala Yousafzai at the University of Oxford, where the Pakistani activist is a senior. Thunberg is in the UK for a school strike planned for later this week. Admiration between the two activists was mutual."So ... today I met my role model," Thunberg tweeted."What else can I say?" So... today I met my role model. What else can I say? @Malala pic.twitter.
— Greta Thunberg February 25, 2020 "She's the only friend I'd skip school for," Yousafzai quipped. Read MoreBoth activists came to prominence at a young age, Malala for girls' education and Greta for the environment. They've both addressed the United Nations and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize . Despite hitting similar milestones, the two had never met until this week. That's not to say they weren't fans of each other before, though.
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