Aayat Irfan

Aayat is a young budding writer, poet, blogger and changemaker from Mozambique. She is a Yale Young African Scholar alumni and the youngest contributor to Xonguila, a Mozambican travel and leisure magazine, and EcoTraining. She is the first Mozambican to write on ‘Voices of Youth – UNICEF.’ Aayat’s written pieces have been featured on many platforms, including Travel Essence magazine (Dubai) and a US-based news portal called Africa.com. She is a proud winner and finalist in many writing competitions. Some examples would be – the Trust for Sustainable Living student essay competition (UK) and the Vilnius International Project Olympiad (VILIPO – Lithuania). Due to her awareness-raising project for kids on sustainable tips, she was acknowledged by the State of Youth and KidsRights Changemakers (Amsterdam). You can find me curled up on a couch reading, binge-watching a movie or relaxing by the beach when I am not writing.