The GYA Blog

GYA Co-Chair Priscilla Kolibea Mante, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana I was Born in Accra, Ghana, to parents who were both teachers. Nonetheless, I hated going to school. My maternal grandmother always had to bribe me with...

Jane Yau (Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education, Germany) In Hong Kong, China, the little girl in the picture loved to learn at school and was very curious. In the village where she grew up, she loved to...

Dominika Latusek-Jurczak (Kozminski University, Poland) The sky’s the limit! That’s what the little girl in this picture firmly believed. But then she was told that there wouldn’t be many chances for her in life. The little girl had dreams, but...

Amarjargal Dagvadorj (Parliamentary Research Service, Mongolia) I was ten years old in this picture. At that time, only a few people had personal cameras in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia. Those with cameras used to stand in the capital’s...

Ana Elizabeth Ochoa Sánchez (Universidad del Azuay, Ecuador) I was born on January 24, 1986 in a Latin family. My father is a doctor, and my mother is a primary school teacher. My brother was born four years later. I...

Ramia AL BAKAIN (University of Jordan) Success is to focus on your positives, and to make your strengths stronger and stronger. Since I entered primary school, I have hoped to put a positive imprint on this world through science, which...