Young People Advisory Research Group (YPAG)

Meet the team

• Ameir

  Ameir, Dental Student, Joined July 2022.

   

  Marhaba! My name's Ameir. I'm a second-year dental at Uni of Liverpool… actually, enough. This is YPAG. This isn't some job interview or a formal meeting.. So let me express myself and put a little twist to my intro…

  My names Ameir… but you can call me teeth guy,

  I've loved drawing pictures of the things since I was knee-high,

  My friends would say I'm noisy and fun, I couldn't be shy,

  But YPAG's got all kinds of people, and we're all nice :)

   

  Anyway, let's get back to spitting facts,

  I am 20 years of age and I love to train back,

  chest, legs, shoulders and triceps,

  And don’t forget about the OG: the biceps.

  I train for mental health and strength not sizes.

  So yeah, that’s the gym: where the cradle of my life is.

   

  I love to get around the world, but home is where the heart is,

  I don’t work the hardest, no. I work the smartest.

  I take risks to succeed so I dive in the deep end,

  I don’t know how to finish this rap so I'll just say …

   

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• Beatrice

  Beatrice, College Student, Joined July 2022

   

   

• Shuhaney

  Shuhaney, University Student, Joined July 2022

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Hannah

  Hannah, University Student, Joined November 2022.

  Hi, I’m Hannah!

  
  I’m a Syrian-Circassian born in Manchester. I studied Archeology at Cardiff University, a field that I’m extremely passionate about.

  
  I am especially interested in archaeological conservation and ancient East Asian civilisations.

  
  I also hugely admire contemporary Korean culture, music and art.

  
  My love for reading - mostly crime thrillers - has made me an incredibly fast reader which is super helpful as a researcher!

• Ashgan

  Ashgan, University Student and Research Assistant, Joined July 2022

• Sadia

  Sadia, Mental Health Charity Worker, Joined July 2022.

   

  From wanting to change, to creating change.

  From encouraging change to being the change.

  From fearing change, to embody change.

  I am change.

   

  Change starts with an S,

  And follows on with A D I A.

  But it doesn’t end with me.

  I will not let it end with me.

   

  Having no say in how life is run,

  Having no say in how I am viewed,

  Having no say in how I live and how I am loved and to love,

  That does end with me.

  That scar of life will end with me

   

  Because we have opportunity, and now we are aware.

  We can change the world view,

  For which we care.

   

  From my stance as a woman,

  From my stance as a person of colour,

  From my stance as a Muslim,

  I empower.

   

  For the fearful girl who took a leap of faith,

  For the little girl who didn’t feel safe,

  For the teen who felt confused and was told she was throwing it all away,

  For the young adult embracing the difference,

   

  Finding her way from Heritage to Arts, to research, using her experience as her qualification that no one could take from her, and one that no one could ever dispute.

  Because this qualification was not given by others, but by destiny itself.

   

  And it is by destiny that

  change starts with an S,

  And it will forever stay, and nothing less.

• Niamh

  Niamh, University Student, Joined July 2022.

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• Tauheed

  tbc

• Amber

  tbc

• Zy