Ayat khidir is a medical student in her 4th at University of Khartoum. She was born and raised in Canda. Until her parents thought it’s time to relocate to Sudan in order for her to get in touch with her Sudanese roots and culture. The relocation gave her the chance to experience a variety of educational atmospheres through the schools she’s been through which gave her a big experience in dealing and accepting different people. She likes bike-riding, swimming, basketball, surfing the web, reading books, site-seeing and any activity that helps increase her awareness about the world she lives in. She’s particularly interested in psychology, one of her strongest passions is poetry. She’s also very passionate about justice and equality and everything that brings peace and prosperity to our world. She was a member of the student council, a player on the basketball team and one of the youngest members on the track team. She received an award in the science fair and was student of the month many consecutive times, and graduated top of her class from high school. She earned a certificate from the neuroscience conference that was held in Khartoum and had the great pleasure of being one of the poets at the S.W.A.P. open mic nights in Khartoum. “I don’t intend for my words to touch everyone but if an idea I present creates a spark of thought in at least one of the listeners then I will be fully satisfied”.