Ardiana looks to the future

Ardiana (Centre) at the Riser’s Graduation Ceremony in 2019

“Working with Breadwinners has been an amazing experience. I have learned a lot. 

It was my first job in UK, the first job in my life. I thought I couldn’t do it at the beginning but then with time I knew it was something that I improved on each day. It does give a lot of opportunities and new things to learn every week.  It is always nice to try something different and go out of your comfort zone, which you never thought you would do. It’s nice to see you can enjoy other things. I’m looking forward to going to my next step to be a police woman. Im studying really hard, I’m trying my hardest. Obviously being a female in the UK and a refugee is hard sometimes but you have to push through and you have to believe in yourself and work hard and then you can do what you want either way.

Being with Breadwinners is a wonderful experience, it has just been amazing and I’m glad that I see myself in a different way which I never expected. I’m looking forward to my future and am more happy to go for anything. I don’t want to shut any doors and I’m open for anything that comes into my life now. You don’t need to be a refugee, you might be a woman, but you have to be strong and stand up and keep your head up. We are strong. We can do whatever we want to do. “