Rose
Fernando rough
A diamond in the
Rose Fernando seems to have An outstanding school student, Rose
unlimited amounts of time and completed her GCSEs at Enfield County and
energy! Devoted to improving the
lives of young people, she started
achieved an impressive six A levels, all with
A grades, at Alexandra Park.
With a string of achievements to her name,
her mission with ‘Worth More Than including the ABC Foundation Award for
Rubies’, an empowerment program Bridging Cultures and a Jack Petchey
for young women involved in Award, Rose is also one of a number of
young volunteers on the vTalent program.
knife and gun crime.
Rose launched her company ‘NextGeneration
Rose then became vice-chair of London’ (NGL) in March 2012. NGL is a youth
the National Learner Panel (NLP) and community development organisation
which targets young people and addresses
key issues such as education, employment,
Young Ambassador with her first leadership, crime prevention personal
official role involving a visit development and self-confidence.
and was nominated as London’s
to Copenhagen and meeting “We run workshops for young people and I
the Danish delegation to the contact educational institutions to set them
up,” says Rose. “I also facilitate some of the
personal development programs, especially
took place before her my female only program ‘Diamonds in the
21st birthday. Making’.”
European Parliament. All this
“I’ve had a passion for working with young
people from an early age,” says Rose. “I
started out by volunteering in my church
youth club when I was 14, and from there
I progressed into volunteering at different
youth organisations and working for
numerous charities”.
“I want young people to see that they have
Having gone through some rough patches
whilst growing up, Rose understood where
the youngsters were coming from.
“When I was younger, there was one person
who was always there for me – a teacher,”
Rose remembers. “I was dealing with a lot
of issues in my life at the time. She showed
me a type of love and respect that helped
me through a lot of struggles, and to
this day I still thank her for everything.
That is why I wanted to go into this line of
work – to be that person for someone else
who needed support.”
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