I had never met the other members of the Sunderland Youth Parliament before, and at first it was nerve-racking to be thrust into the middle of an established group of young people, but almost immediately I really began to feel at home.
I was elected onto the UKYP two or three weeks before the UKYP Annual Sitting. At the time, I had relatively little political knowledge, limited experience and also quite low selfconfidence. That week was one of the hardest in my term as an MYP.
My time as an MYP has been some of the best times of my life. It has left me with higher self-confidence and self-esteem, and I feel that I have grown as a person.
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