Home 2018 Hannah Richardson Age: 12Location: East Lothian At the age of twelve, Hannah has become the youngest moderator at the United Nations in Geneva. Hannah is one of only two young people who sit on the UN’s advisory group on children as human rights defenders. She also works closely…
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Home 2018 Heidi Gardner Location: Aberdeen Heidi started Science on a Postcard as a way to present science in a different light. It started off on a postcard and has now snowballed into a range of items, and collaborations. After graduating with a degree in Pharmacology in 2015, she worked…
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Home 2018 Isla MacLean Location: EdinburghPronouns: she/her Isla MacLean is a nurse and stand-up comedian who wrote her first show after sadly losing her husband to cancer at 24 years old. Instead of letting her experiences fester inside her, she took to the stage to share her story, helping to…
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Home 2018 Jane Morrisson Location: Glasgow Jane is on a mission to make science accessible for women, and is blowing the male scientist stereotype right out the water. After graduating with a BSc in Biology, Jane walked into a science sector dominated by men, but that’s not held her back.…
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Home 2018 Katie Ailes Location: EdinburghPronouns: she/her Katie Ailes is on a mission to smash the misconception that academics are not creative. In fact, she’s managed to bring the two together, by completing a PhD focused on the performance of authenticity in UK spoken word. Katie spends free time performing…
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Home 2018 Katie Horsburgh Age: 18Location: EdinburghPronouns: she/her At just 18 Katie is already an amazing campaigner for the rights of young women. As a Guide leader she supports girls aged 10-14 to feel empowered and confident, and as a Girlguiding Advocate she has been involved in a number of…
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Home 2018 Katy Johnston Location: AberdeenPronouns: she/her Katy is a freelance journalist and menstrual health campaigner. She says the journalist part is still work in progress due to delays in finishing her postgraduate degree due to her health, but she’s used her voice and skills to help overcome stigmas surrounding…
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Home 2018 Mandy Rose Jones Age: 28Location: Dundee Handling a mental health condition can be incredibly isolating. When you lump on the pressure of society’s expectations of women – it becomes overwhelming. After Mandy Jones attempted to take her own life in March 2018, she shared her story online in…
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Home 2018 Meredith Adams Location: EdinburghPronouns: she/her Outdoors is very central to how Meredith understands the world. Her passion for environmental protection and civil development is very much grounded in her childhood, growing up in the countryside in Scotland made it a very natural choice for Meredith to want to…
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Home 2018 Michaela Collins Location: Glasgow Michaela Collins has been on her journey with the children’s charity Possibilities for Each and Every Kid (PEEK) since she was nine years old. PEEK’s mission is to support children and young people aged 0-25 years and to ‘unlock their potential and journey alongside…
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