Kuliti Tesso
Kuliti Tesso is a Grade 12 student at Ridgemont High School and a leader in her school’s Black Student Union, where she helps organize cultural, educational, and social events. She hopes to pursue a pathway in medicine or healthcare, with the goal of becoming a doctor or another healthcare professional, while also exploring entrepreneurship and business ownership.
Kuliti is proudly Oromo, from the Oromia region of Ethiopia, and values celebrating her culture and identity. Her favourite thing about being Young, Gifted, and Black is having the confidence to use her voice to speak up against injustice, advocate for others, and demonstrate Black excellence through success, education, leadership, and ambition.

My name is Suhur Ibrahim and I’m a 10th grade student at Bell High School. I’m an enthusiastic person with many hobbies such as painting, basketball, reading, and photography. I’m also very open to new experiences, which is part of the reason I applied to this role. I come from a Somali background and I have 2 younger siblings named Sana and Saeed.
I’m also very big on my religion Islam, I love learning new things about it. At my school, my favorite subject is science and I’m part of the basketball team. I’m hoping to join more school clubs that interest me or start one of my own! When I graduate highschool, I plan to attend university to become either a pediatrist or dental hygienist. My favourite thing about being young, gifted, and black is the creativity.