Mohamed Semra

And I think that's how we grew as a friendship group.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You know, a lot of the teachers and students live locally.

Yeah.

So when I was campaigning, I door knocked maybe 80% of the houses in my ward.

And just for context, I'm an independent, so I'm not part of a party.

So I really had to put in the hard yards to get elected.

And for that, I needed to meet people.

So when I was door knocking, I met a lot of the teachers.

And I never knew they lived in the area.

And so I had told them that I wanted to campaign.

And a few weeks later, I got elected as mayor.

I came back to the school, met Leah, met the principal, and everyone was so proud.

My mom was excited.

My mom was nervous as well.

You know, obviously, you know, being a public figure now, you are open to a lot of criticism and my mom didn't know how I would be able to manage all of that.

But extremely supportive and I'm blessed to have a loving and supportive family.

Yeah.

Yeah, I always say, Ruby, diamonds form under pressure.

And the best diamonds are found in Africa, so.