14 year old Nigerian-America filmmaker and writer, Zuriel
Oduwole has met with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry.
Zuriel Oduwole is popular for her education advocacy
campaign and for being the youngest filmmaker to have a
self-produced and self-edited work among other
achievements.
Sharing photos from her visit, Zuriel wrote,
"Met John Kerry - US Secretary of State.
Happy New
year to you all and hope you had a Merry and Safe
Christmas. I am just so very, very thankful to the
LORD for where he is taking me and what he wants to
do in the lives of the youth of this world today. I just
met with the US Secretary of State, John Kerry in his
office in Washington DC. Some of you might think so,
you've already met 23 World Leaders and recently
spoke at the UN. This is very different. Secretary
Kerry's decisions affects the whole worlds foreign and
economic policy. And next to President Obama, he is
the most visible member of the US Government
leadership. The whole world knows who he is. What's
so cool is we talked about Girls Education, and all the
State Department has done the last 4 years on this
serious topic. Like me, he believes if all people in a
society are included, especially Girls and Women,
then that society does much better. I believe that so
much. That's another reason I am teaching young
children some basic film making skills, so they can
add to their society's development. We all can do
something very small, to empower others, or
encourage others. I truly believe so"
More photos below...
