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Ebony Harding One of my favourite things to do is to just relax with my friends and enjoy myself, it can be in any place: the park, shopping or at a party, and I will make sure that everyone is smiling!

When you first meet me, I can come across as quite shy and quiet but once you get to know me, I open up and I’m more able to laugh and joke around with you! One of my main likes is people who aren’t afraid to laugh at themselves or not take themselves too seriously. I really, REALLY hate spiders and heights; I can’t describe how ter-rified I get!

I have just finished taking my GCSE exams, next year I am moving onto Sixth Form where I hope to study Biology, Psychol-ogy, Geography and Religious Studies. I’m really interested in all of these subjects and am ac-tually quite excited to be study-ing them for the next two years!

The first time I knew I wanted to be YoUFA Rep was during the first Lead Learners residential in 2008. I was new to the whole concept of UFA because becom-ing a Lead Learner was the first

AGE - 16

LOCATION - LONDON

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kind of involvement I’d ever had and the YoUFA Reps during that residential were so easy to ap-proach and get along with, I just remember thinking that if I can make someone feel as comfortable as they made me, then I’ll have definitely made the most of my time with the UFA.

Being a YoUFA Rep is easily one of the best things I’ve done. I’ve made some amazing friendships, met and worked with the nicest bunch of people and had an overall fantastic experience. Being a YoUFA Rep has helped me come out of my shell more, which is something that has helped me a lot outside of YoUFA and I would recommend being a YoUFA Rep to anyone who wanted to learn new things and have SO MUCH fun along the way!

In the future I hope that YoUFA can reach out to a wider network of young people.