The United EX-YUth

Ana Gvozdić was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina where she attended a local high school and got engaged with the issues of ethnic segregation in that post-conflict society. Brought up in a multicultural family with a Russian mother, she continued with such education in UWC Robert Bosch College in Germany, from which she graduated in 2016. Having met many teenagers from Bosnia and Herzegovina and other ex-Yugoslavian countries, she was inspired to start a social platform which would connect them through the power of stories. She is currently doing a fellowship with Global Citizen Year in Ecuador where she teaches English. Her passions include anthropology and sustainable development, and she plans to pursue those in university next year.

Tarik Raljević was born in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina and is currently in his second year in high school at Gimnazija Mostar. Actively engaging in the local community, as well as having an interest in math and computer science, got him the opportunity to partake in this project.

My name is Ajda and I am the Country Supervisor for Slovenia. Currently, I am in my second year of the International Baccalaureate diploma, studying in Maribor, Slovenia. Besides being a part of the school cheerleading team I also coach girls aged 10 to 13 in my hometown. On Fridays I attend literary club where we read and look at artworks and afterwards try to write something on our own. In my free time I like to write poems and sometimes short prose to express myself. I wish to study psychology in the USA or something related to film/theatre in France.

My name is Lena, I am a high school junior in a bilingual-math class, and a participant in physics seminar in Petnica science center.
I take pleasure in things that celebrate life: hiking, dancing, singing, cooking, acting ...
But at the end of the day, I wouldn't mind curling up with a good book, with indie music playing in the background.

Seventeen year old, junior at local Gymnasium. Member of Youth Council of City of Mostar and an activist in couple local NGOs.

Lana Hadžiosmanović was born in New Jersey, USA, to a Jamaican mother and a Bosnian father. At age three, she moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and quickly learned the language. She is a student of Gymnasium Mostar, attending the Croatian curriculum. This background as enabled her to embrace diversity as well as to understand the complexities of national identity. She is an active volunteer at her local Red Cross, as well as a volunteer at "Minores", an organization that helps the homeless. She has also been a member of her local track and field team for the past four years. Lana is very passionate about unifying people of all nationalities, religions and ideologies.

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Hello I'm Gaja, the translator for Slovenian-English. I am attending a high school in Maribor, Slovenia and I'm currently in third year. Besides Slovenian and English I speak French. I am part of my school's cheerleading team and I'm also coaching girls aged 10 to 13. In my free time I like to read novels or poetry books. I also like art, sometimes I draw or paint. In the future I would like to travel as much as I can and get to know other cultures. 

​Hello I’m Domenik and I come from Kosovo. I consider myself to be a positive, tactful and phlegmatic person. I strongly believe in the power of youth and see them as change making factors who will shape the future therefore I commit myself to uniting youth in the mission of making the world a better place