An advocate among us

CHRISTINA WILLIAMS, the immediate past head girl of Titchfield High School, has been a burgeoning youth advocate for seven years, during which time she served as a member of Titchfield High School’s Student Council movement. She also served in the following capacities:

Regional and national leader of the National Secondary School Student Council;

Student ambassador in the then Ministry of Education, Youth and Culture;

Executive on the National Youth Council of Jamaica;

Committee member of the Commonwealth Student Association;

World Bank Next Generation ambassador;

Christina was also one of the youngest members of the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network ... . Through her involvement in these national and international bodies, she has been able to widely impact lives.

IIIIIAdolescent chair of two National United committees and Jamaica’s Youth and Adolescent Technical Working Group.

Christina was also one of the youngest members of the Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network, which is a part of the Global United Nations Network. Through her involvement in these national and international bodies, she has been able to widely

Iimpact lives. As a student, she represented Jamaica at a conference focused on sexual and reproductive health services available to youth and adolescents, held in Zimbabwe in November 2015. Here she was afforded the opportunity to assist in formulating an action plan for 2016 and onwards, that will influence policymaking and project proposals across the world.