Zuriel Oduwole, a 15 year old Nigerian-Mauritian who is well-known as a girl-education advocate and film maker has been welcomed by Mexico as a special education ambassador.

With rising tensions between the US and Mexico over the boarder issue, Zuriel has become a powerful and positive choice, as she travelled to Mexico for peace and development.

A statement made available to CEOAfrica revealed that Zuriel, while utilizing one of her signature projects - the basic 'Film Making 101' in delivery, led the program for several High School students in Northern and Southern Mexico within their University system on an architecture she initiated herself, and was strongly supported by the US Embassy in Mexico.

On the last day of her visit, hundreds of youth and young adults packed themselves inside the prestigious Technological University conference hall, to welcome and hear Zuriel Oduwole speak.

Zuriel who is best known for her works on the advocacy for the education of girls in Africa was honoured by the city of Pachuca with a surprise Award and citation, in recognition of her work across the globe in the area of Girls Education, and her simple Skills Transfer initiative, to empower young adults in the art of story-telling via documentary film making.

Zuriel sees her film making initiative as an avenue for empowering the next generation to tell their stories, how they want to tell it, no matter where they are from, and irrespective of what their circumstances had been.

Her works include; The Ghana Revolution (2012); The 1963 OAU Formation (2013); Technology in Educational Development (2014) and A Promising Africa (2014).

Earlier in January 2017, the US Secretary of State - The Rt. Hon John Kerry honoured Zuriel Oduwole in Washington DC, describing her, as the perfect bridge between the US and the next generation of global leaders.

In September 2015 at the age of 13, she mediated in the dispute between Guyana and Venezuela as both countries prepared to go to war over the disputed Oil rich Essequibo territory. This followed both leaders meeting with the UN Secretary General.

In line with her education advocacy work, Zuriel has interviewed 24 world leaders; some of these include the leaders of Jamaica, Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Liberia, South Sudan, Malta, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Guyana and Namibia.

She has also appeared in popular television stations including CNBC, Bloomberg TV, BBC and CNN. In 2013, Zuriel was listed in the New African Magazine's list of "100 Most Influential People in Africa."