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Well, I'm Radia Soulmani. I am from Morocco. I'm 15 years old.
I was participant in TechGirls in 2013. TechGirls is a life changing experience.
It just helped me get a new vision of how I wanted to help the world around me.
And it taught me that if we want something that we can get it if we work hard for it.
We had sessions where we talked about the needs in our community and how we could address them.
So this helped me to think of ways that I can help my community be better.
So this is why I started web design classes lately here.
And I give them to young people to a youth house.
It's a place where youth go there and do activities.
Radia was asked to share her TechGirls experience at TEDx Youth in Zagora, Morocco.
I heard about it, about TED events while I was in the U.S.A. and I thought it was a great thing.
and actually speak in a TEDx I was like, "Woah! This is amazing!"
But when I went to the stage, I didn't feel afraid at all.
I was like, like if I used to do this my whole life.
and it was just amazing to be able to share your experience with a large audience
who was very happy to hear about it. So I felt that it was a very great experience.
and I learned from other speakers as well.
TechGirls is a lifetime changing experience. I've kept in touch with all the girls.
and it's just great to know what they're up to, they do a lot of amazing things.
They're helping their communities and it's just amazing how much friends and family I got now after the TechGirls program.
And I am sure that all of them will be there to support me and to help me be, to help me pursue my dreams in a good way.
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