Heliya has been a member of BERF since 2021, she is a Veterinary nursing student at Hartpury University and a member of the Pony Club Youth Advisory Council.
She has been riding since she was 5 years old at her local riding school in London where she also trained for her British Horse Society (BHS) and Pony Club exams. At the age of 17, she obtained her BHS Stage 3 Groom with Riding complete aged 17, in 2018 she also won the Junior Carol Walsdale award for the Blue Cross Horse and Pony Care at the national championships as well as holding a Veterinary Care assistant qualification. Alongside studying for her degree, she is training for her BHS Stage 4 and Stage 2 teach, hoping to take her Stage 4 ride and lunge this year.
Heliya hopes to continue to be a BERF role mole as well as continuing to work with the Pony club and compete her BHS exams to aid with making the equine industry more diverse, inclusive and accessible for all.