Fatemah is a psychology student and youth leader passionate about tackling mental health inequalities and ensuring young people’s voices shape the systems that affect them. 

Since 2021, she has been an elected Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament, contributing to the Health, Wellbeing and Sport Committee. She has played a central role in SYP’s campaign to improve mental health through chairing meetings, co-delivering recommendations to senior government leaders. She called for better access, early intervention and community-based support. She also contributed to analysing SYP’s national manifesto consultation on key areas including NHS services and rights. 

Previously, Fatemah was a Member of the UK Youth Parliament, where she represented Glasgow in the House of Commons and delivered a speech on mental health stigma. 

 She also sits on SAMH’s Mental Health Panel, where she has shaped pledges used at political conferences, spoken at parliamentary events and is co-developing a campaign to secure systemic change. As a youth consultant with See Me Scotland, she has co-facilitated workshops on intersectional stigma and education, reviewed resources such as Time to Talk Day and recently co-hosted See Me conference panel on stigma as well as suggested ways to reduce power imbalances between adults and young people in decision-making. She also co-delivered a workshop on mental health stigma at children in Scotland conference this year after initially worked on the proposal of the workshop.  

Fatemah’s commitment to amplifying marginalised voices extends to her voluntary youth work, where she supports refugees and asylum-seeking young people by creating inclusive spaces and low-cost activities. She previously volunteered with the British Red Cross as an interpreter for families and youth groups. At university, she was elected as Health and Wellbeing Officer and currently sits on the Sports Executive Panel. 

In 2025, Fatemah became the first Youth Voice Advisor to the National Lottery Community Fund in Scotland. In this role, she assesses funding applications across the UK to ensure young people are meaningfully involved and meets with youth nationwide to inform funding decisions. 

Through her diverse roles, Fatemah has worked to embed youth voice, intersectionality and accessibility into mental health systems, striving for equal opportunities and support for all young people.