Home 2020 Emily Horgan Age: 27Location: Edinburgh Emily Horgan is a 27-year-old Irish creative based in Edinburgh who currently works as a Product Designer at FreeAgent. With a background in Computer Science, Emily’s primary focus is ethical, user-centred design, be it in the apps she has produced (AlliChat, Ombre) or the projects she…
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Home 2020 Dr Francesca Sobande Age: 29Location: Dundee / Cardiff Dr. Francesca Sobande is a lecturer in digital media studies at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University. Her work tackles issues concerning racism, sexism, structural inequalities, media, and the marketplace. Francesca’s research and teaching particularly focuses…
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Home 2020 Hope Gordon Age: 24Location: Rogart, Sutherland / Nottingham 24-year-old Hope Gordon from Rogart is a paracanoe athlete who has represented Great Britain internationally. She was the recipient of the sporting award at the Young Scot Awards 2020.
Home 2020 Julia Barbour Age: 26Location: Edinburgh Julia Barbour (b. 1994, Aberdeen) is a DJ and promoter based in Edinburgh. Along with three other women (DJs Emily Grieve, Iced Gem, and Feena), she runs Miss World, a feminist DJ collective dedicated to promoting female-identifying and queer DJs, and making dance…
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Home 2020 Katrina Wesencraft Age: 27Location: Glasgow 27-year-old Katrina is a PhD student at the Centre for Biophotonics at the University of Strathclyde. Her research involves imaging the pancreas to improve new treatments for type 1 diabetes. Katrina is passionate about diversity and inclusion in STEM (science, technology, engineering and…
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Home 2020 Kirsty Mills Age: 28Location: Nairn Kirsty runs My Funky Liver, a blog created after she was diagnosed with autoimmune hepatitis and a YouTube channel, and set up Inverness branch of Alopecia UK.
Home 2020 Lauren Nickodemus Age: 29Location: Edinburgh Lauren Nickodemus is the 29 year-old co-founder and director of Monstrous Regiment Publishing, a small indie press with an intersectional feminist ethos that tackles topics around sexuality, gender, and class. Since 2017 she and her co-director Ellen Desmond have released 6 publications including…
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Home 2020 Layla Cooke Age: 15Location: Fife My name is Layla Cooke (BSLCooke) I am 15 years old and I live in Scotland – Fife. I am deaf and I have anxiety. I wanted to raise awareness of BSL and also some awareness about being deaf so I created social media…
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Home 2020 Lizzie Riungu Age: 28Location: Edinburgh Lizzie is an activist who spearheaded the Edinburgh protests in solidarity with Black Lives Matter after the death of George Floyd. Lizzie began her activism almost overnight when she saw there was an opportunity to help and leapt in taking charge of the organisation.…
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Home 2020 Mashal Aamir Age: 25Location: Glasgow / Cambridge Mashal Aamir is completing her training to become a barrister specialising in international criminal law, having been awarded a scholarship for her commitment to the field. Mashal is passionate about socioeconomic and racial inclusion in higher education. As a writer for…
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