Malala Yousafzai. She is a survivor of a gun incident, an activist who advocates for women's rights on education, an influencer, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, and has achieved many more milestones. She was born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1977 in the Swat Valley. Her father ran an all-girls school and was a teacher there. Ever since she could talk and walk, she had a passion for education and her father was supportive of that.
Everything was perfect for them until the Taliban took control of Swat Valley. They banned many personal rights such as education for girls, music, and television. There were severe punishments for those who disobeyed, but Malala don't let that stop her. She fought back with all her strength. She blogged and spoke a speech on the right for her education. The Taliban didn't like this and she was a target to them because of this. On October 9 2012, there was a masked gunman that came on to her school bus on the way to home. He was a part of the Taliban. Three gunshots were shot and one went through the left side of her head. She was airlifted to a hospital in Pakistan and then a few days later moved to England. There was no brain damage but she went through multiple surgeries before recovery.
She didn't even let this huge, almost fatal, happening stop her. Malala had this fire inside of her and it never burned out. The full for this fire included all her determination and perseverance. She wanted to make an impact and she wouldn't stop until she reached her goal. After her well fought recovery, she created the Malala Fund. The Malala Fund is an organization that works on a global scale to give access to education for girls. Not only did she create an organization, she wrote a book alongside Christina Lamb and published "I am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban." This book talks about all the experiences and hardships she went through to where she is today.
She has managed to influence many lives through a variety of ways. Her words, her actions, and her gestures have changed everyone's lives, whether they know it or not. She fought back even when nothing was good for her because she believed in what she did. She put her heart and soul into it to make a change for all those women. As for her, she continued higher studies in Oxford University. She continues her work through her organization to ensure girls get sufficient education.
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