Carla Herrero

Carla Herrero
Herrero in 2014
BornDecember 1994 (1994-12) (age 29)[1][2]
Girona, Catalonia, Spain[3]
NationalitySpanish
Other namesSilay Alkma
Known forAnti-bullying activism
Notable work"El dolor silencioso"

Carla Herrero Torellas (born December 1994), also known by the pseudonym Silay Alkma, is a Spanish writer, lecturer, and activist against school bullying. As of 2019, she works for the leadership consultancy WALK, an Oxford Leadership member.

For eight years in her youth, Herrero was bullied on account of her weight and felt depressed, useless, and without identity. She has said that she realized she had been bullied when she entered a new, positive school environment. There, she did a research project about youth identity and bullying that was awarded by the University of Girona, where she studied psychology for a year. An accompanying video titled "El dolor silencioso" (The Silent Pain) featured bullied youth including herself encouraging others to speak up. Her organization Rompe el Silencio (Break the Silence), formed in 2013, supported bullied youth in online and face-to-face settings.

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