Mimi Ronson

Mimi is 16 years-old and the Norfolk Laureate. As a half Indian teenage girl she loves to explore cultural identity within her poetry, creative writing and music. Mimi is a constant advocate for feminism - and incorporates her activism into her creative works, including her music and actions within the school student lead community. The action she is most proud of in recent years is applying and winning a competition to receive funding for Books of Diversity for her school’s English department. Mimi’s main aim is to continue to challenge the lack of diversity - including racial and gender - in the English School Curriculum and spearhead positive change in that area.
 

One action Mimi would like everyone to take:

“If you’re in education, challenge any parts of the curriculum that you don’t feel are representative of our modern diverse country. Don’t be afraid to promote change, but be constructive and plan what actions you can take to ensure your influence has a positive outcome - your education is something that you have the power to influence! Your voice is the greatest vehicle for change that you have.”

Follow Mimi on Instagram. Watch her perform her award-winning creative piece KAUR in this video (from 17 mins 50 seconds).