The National Youth Science Forum delivers immersive and transformative youth-led experiences for young Australians to encourage life long literacy in science, engineering, technology and maths. Lyndall Pearson from St Ives Rotary Club explains how the NYSF works and Kira Trahana, student at Barker College, Sydney describes her experience at NYSF in early 2020, what she did, who she met and the impact that the program has had on her career thinking.