Kierra was involved with the youth press agency Children's Express from the age of 11, and at 17 she co-founded a youth anti-war movement called Hands Up For Peace (HUFP). Her organisation collected together testimonies and petitions against the war in Iraq from more than 3,000 young people and displayed them outside the Houses of Parliament.
"I am delighted to become a patron of The National Youth Agency and am excited to be formally associated with an organisation that supports and promotes the right and voices of young people," said Kierra. "I passionately believe that young people's views need to be taken into account - both about issues that directly affect them and about wider social issues that may influence their future - and that, in order for this to happen, they must be allowed free access to information and be encouraged to participate in the democratic process. I am looking forward to working with The National Youth Agency to help further these aims."
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