Home 2023 Ally Zlatar Age: 25Location: GlasgowPronouns: she/her Ally Zlatar is an artist, scholar and activist. She is the founder of The Starving Artist; an artist initiative that utilises creative voices as a way to create advocacy and systemic reform. She also founded The Starving Artist Scholarship Fund which helps…
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Home 2023 Amy-Beth Miah Age: 28Location: Kilmarnock, East AyrshirePronouns: she/her Content Note: Mentions of suicide Growing up in care meant I was often surrounded by professionals who made decisions on my behalf, often without consideration of what I wanted. Consequently, I learned to raise my voice. Through volunteering, I discovered…
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Home 2023 Amy Canavan Age: 23Location: Dalkeith, MidlothianPronouns: she/her I’m a 23-year-old sports journalist who can be found kicking around freezing football grounds across the country for BBC Sport Scotland. Whether it’s live updates on the radio, interviewing managers for the telly, or cramming my terrible patter onto our digital…
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Home 2023 Amy Lee Shergold Age: 28Location: GlasgowPronouns: she/her I grew up in Dennistoun with my one-of-a-kind single mother who let me thrive as a scientist from a young age. Some of my first words were always “what when why how”. After school, I studied Immunology at the University of…
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Home 2023 Bekah Ellis Age: 25Location: GlasgowPronouns: They/she I’m Bekah – a proudly fat, queer, mentally ill person who strives to make others feel more comfortable and confident. I’ve not always felt “proud” to be those things though. While at university studying Community Education, I attended a Bridging Digital conference,…
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Home 2023 Cara Hyles Age: 26Location: DumfriesPronouns: she/her It is an incredible honour and a highlight in my career to be first nominated and then chosen for Young Women Scotland’s ’30 under 30′ list, alongside other remarkable young women who are making a positive impact in Scotland. Throughout my career…
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Home 2023 Chand Kaur Age: 25Location: EdinburghPronouns: she/her Founding PCOS Relief, a charity organisation, due to my own struggle of being diagnosed with PCOS, in my early twenties, I knew I wanted to create a charity that would bring meaning and value to women’s lives, who were also diagnosed with…
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Home 2023 Daisy Stewart-Henderson Age: 18Location: GlasgowPronouns: she/her From November 2021 up until August of this year I was a Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (MSYP) as well as the Convener of the Scottish Youth Parliament’s External Affairs, UK and International Relations Committee. Within these roles, I campaigned for…
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Home 2023 Eleace McPheators Age: 27Location: East AyrshirePronouns: she/her I was nominated for the achievements that I have made throughout my life since becoming a young mother at the age of sixteen. I was branded as the stereotypical teenage mother. I have worked so hard since becoming a mother and…
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Home 2023 Ellie Craig Age: 20Location: GlasgowPronouns: she/her Ellie is the Vice Chair of the Scottish Youth Parliament and has been an MSYP for Glasgow Cathcart since 2019. Ellie is a fierce campaigner for the incorporation and implementation of the UNCRC, and in her role on the board of SYP…
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