Hello everyone! A little bit about myself; I am a final year university student majoring in Accounting & Finance at the Cass Business School and the treasurer at the Human Rights Solidarity. Prior to my arrival to the UK, I was a young teenager pretty much unaware of the very subject of ‘human rights’, as I had never experienced nor witnessed an abridgement of my rights or of my loved ones. After migrating to the UK, I had the first-hand experience of deprivation of my rights and freedom. The difficulty of not having even an identity card, not being able to speak the language of the new country you will now call your home, accompanied with the fear of getting rejected and departed back to your country, which is no longer a safe place, all hit me at once. These feelings and concerns of all sorts are why I am here today, working hard to make a difference for future generations, especially for young immigrant girls who might be facing the fears and challenges I have had. A quote I find inspiring and educational is from Malala Yousafzai, an activist for girls’ education: “It seems that too many people don’t understand that refugees are ordinary people. All that differentiates them is that they got caught in the middle of a conflict that forced them to leave their homes, their loved ones and the only lives they had known. They risked so much along the way, and why? Because it is too often a choice between life and death.” A quote is only a quote until you actually live it… Then, it becomes a cause. That is why I am here. Come and join the march!