Malawi, Tiwale and Ellen Chilemba! Cheers to the Love and Fire in her!
You might know her as Ellen Chilemba while others know her as DJ Chmba! But how can you miss this lady with fire on her head and in her soul? Red, fiery passion flows through Ellen and you can see this right from her red braided Mohawk, down to her cool dress sense. Ironically, though she has all the fire in her, on your first meeting with Ellen, she might appear to you as someone quiet, cool, calm and coordinated. But hey! Doesn’t a lioness always look that way? Feline, quiet and graceful until she rises to go for her kill! Then you can see all her strength and power! That’s Ellen for you too, constantly out growing past laurels and moving on to greater things. “Ellen has participated in the Global Changemakers Annual Youth Summits, Forbes 5 Creative Young Africans, Africa Rising, the Powell Exemplary Leaders, the Commonwealth Youth…
BlankPaperz Editor is a 2018 Global Teen Leader!
MIRABELLE MORAH NIGERIA, 19 Project: Blank Paperz Basic Human Needs: Education Growing up in Calabar, Nigeria, Mirabelle knew many girls who were victims of sexual abuse, and had witnessed gender-based violence regularly in her community. While these horrible injustices went on, few people acknowledged them. Mirabelle saw the power of influential writers in her nation to inspire citizens to fight for equality, and knew writing could be a tool to address the issues in her society. Mirabelle created Blank Paperz, an online platform for young writers to share their voices and advocate for social change. Since its inception, 100+ young people from more than 12 countries have been published on Blank Paperz, reaching 70,000 viewers online. With the strong belief that education is the way to improve society, Mirabelle has trained several other young people to use media for social change, and organized book giveaways for the public. Since coming to the United States with…