Marvina Newton

CEO /Founder Angel of Youths, EX-Project Director of Nigerian Community Leeds, Trustee of Path Yorkshire, Co-opted Trustee for Leeds Children & Young People

Marvina Eseoghene Newton is Nigerian born community leader, activist, feminist, and Mother of two, Founder and CEO of Angel of Youths.
A charity that aims to lift up young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to help challenge inequality. She inspires community development projects, which are imaginative, inclusive and productive. Championing the continuing heritage of achievement in the passions of young people from marginalized communities, while promoting the potential of service providers across Leeds Metropolitan Regional District.

Angel of Youths aims to bring forward positive change for the young people in UK, involving them in project design and management of program sensitive to culture, past and present, we advocate for the recognition of their skills and talents.

Inspired by her heritage, history, culture and experience of excellent Mentorship in her youth at Crown prosecution services, Marvina enjoys serving the community and mentoring young people to inspire change in their Lives.

A qualified Prince 2 Project manager Marvina was also the Project Director Nigerian Community Leeds Creating projects that Advances Education, Promotes Racial Harmony, and Advances Enterprise
Co-opted Trustee for children and young people for West North Leeds Community committee.
Trustee and Shadowing the Chair of Path Yorkshire a Positive Action Training organization addressing the under-representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, under the auspices of Leeds City Council
She radiates a passion to tackle key social /political issues that affects the Youths. Inspired by a love for turning ideas into reality via build young adult’s career around their passion while raising awareness on health and well-being in their local communities.
Marvina was also a bio-medical technician at NHS St James Teaching Hospital at the histopathology department
She is also a Trustee of Path Yorkshire; a positive action training organisation addressing the under-representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities, under the auspices of Leeds City Council. She is also the founder of My Queer Culture, an organization that puts BAME LGBT people at the front of the gay scene. In doing so she organized the first BAME march of Leeds Pride in 2015. She is largely unpaid and her works falls well beyond the 9-5 limit we all hope to stick to.
Motto - No Dream is too big or too small.
Favorite Quote - Whatever you do, do it well : )