LeeAnne Walters is a Flint resident turned water activist and citizen scientist who helped expose the lead contamination of Flint's drinking water supply by leading citywide water sampling and protest efforts as well as bringing in EPA and Virginia Tech experts to provide scientific evidence. In February 2016, she testified before the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), State of Michigan and the federal EPA's role in creating and prolonging the Flint water crisis. She is also the recipient of the 2016 PEN/Toni and James C. Goodale Freedom of Expression Courage Award, the 2016 Health Policy Heroes Award and the Champion of Children Award. She is a dual citizen of Flint, MI and Norfolk, VA, where she lives with her husband and four children.