Zulaikha Patel

"So I believe that there is power in choosing to select your thoughts in the same manner that you select clothing in the morning"

"I believe that if we can work on empowering those schools, well definitely be doing a huge job in society"

"I was 13, 14 years old, a child basically, [and] I was receiving death threats from old white adults"

"The most urgent thing that needs to happen to ensure that education is used as a tool to change the world is firstly, it needs to be accessible"

"I then began to see my hair as not just hair but a central core element of identity"

"When we demand change for the future that we’re going to inherit, we’re told we’re overly radical or that people at the [decision-making] table speak for us"