The following article originally appeared in Juniata High School's newspaper The Arrowhead.

At the young age of nineteen, Malala Yousafzai is known around the globe for her outspoken support of education. When she was eleven years old, Malala began speaking out for girls’ right to go to school. She won Pakistan’s first Youth National Peace Prize for her peaceful but forcible campaign for girls education. However, Malala was shot in the head at the age of fifteen by a Taliban gunman. The motive for the attack was that apparently people were against Malala’s support for girls education, which they considered a Western idea. After her miraculous recovery and move from Pakistan to Great Britain, Malala was being asked to speak everywhere. A year after her recovery, she gave a speech in front of the United Nations that caught the ears of world leaders around the globe. She went on to receive the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of seventeen and was recently named the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace.

Early this April, Malala accepted an invitation to speak at McCaskey High School in Lancaster, PA. Malala says she chose to come to Lancaster because of its acceptance of immigrants and refugees. She spoke to the school, which has a large immigrant population, about receptiveness toward other cultures and her campaign for education. She also thanked them for being accepting of refugees and immigrants who come to the United States looking for asylum. Students said they were inspired by her visit and were glad they had the opportunity to meet someone who they looked up to so greatly.