Teen leader is one to watch
By Kristin Marand
Divya Sharma is the type of person who, when you call to talk about her, she asks questions about you.
She has a genuine desire to connect and create community and has set a remarkably high bar for herself in her final year of high school. Sharma is the youngest board member of Asian Women of Winnipeg, recently won an Empower Women 20/20 award from Manitoba Status of Women, a Solidarity Award from the United Nations and the Honour 150 award from Manitoba 150 for her volunteer efforts to provide care packages for essential workers. That’s on top of the “regular” stuff like student council president, member of the Model UN, co-leader of Youth in Philanthropy, co-founder of Law and Witness, a Rising Youth grant recipient and a mentor with CanU. Growing up in India — and inspired by her father, Kamal Sharma, and grandfather Amir Chand Sharma — she witnessed the concept of seva, or selfless service, at her local Gurudwara and knew that serving others was something she wanted to do.
Photo courtesy of The Winnipeg Foundation
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