Altadena Teen Competing for Spot on Amazon Excursion

A teen from Altadena who has acted in several movies and TV programs is participating in an international competition to win a spot on an expedition to the Amazon rainforest.

Bobby Coleman, 14, is currently in Switzerland competing with other teenagers from around the globe in an 11-day contest that will determine who gets to be part of the three-week expedition.

The three-week Amazon expedition will be led by Mike Horn, a South African eco-explorer who started leading expeditions in 2008 "in an effort to empower [youth] with a sense of appreciation, the will to conserve and the unique perspective needed to inspire sustainable action plans for the future."

Horn's program is called PANGAEA (Pan Global Adventure for Environmental Action) and he has taken students to Antartica, the North Pole, Malaysia, the Everglades and various other locations. The Amazon expedition will start in March.

Bob Coleman, Bobby's father, wrote that "it has been a dream of [Bobby's] since about age 5 to explore the amazon, with its exotic animals and its mysterious deep forest," in an email to Patch.

For more on Horn's organization and photos of previous expeditions, visit his website.

For more on Bobby Coleman and his acting career, check out our story on his film screening in Altadena in November: