A GIRL who always brightened up everyone’s day with her sensitivity, quick wit and selflessness.

These are the words a grieving mother used to describe her late daughter who lived in Ascot.

Animal lover, childcare worker and mental health campaigner Adreanna Reader passed away in early November near Longcross train station in Surrey.

She leaves behind her mother, Lisa Bean, 42, her younger brother Jacob, 16, her grandfather Andrew, 69, who she lived with in Chobham Road, Sunningdale, and the large circle of friends she made in her life.

“Adreanna was a bright light,” Lisa said. “She loved her brother, her cousins and was very close to her grandparents and aunt and uncle.

“It’s comforting to know she’ll be buried near my mum, Anna, who died three years ago so she won’t be alone.

“She was an outdoorsy kind of girl, a vegetarian from a young age who absolutely loved animals, she was always plugging the RSPCA and used to dress up in her grandfathers dog pyjamas whenever she could.

“She and her big group of friends were like sisters, so we’re all devastated together. She was always popular and energetic. She was just so creative and brought out the best in people, always ensuring they were okay.”

Adreanna went to St. Ignatious Catholic Primary School in Sunbury before going to Salesian Secondary School in Surrey where she thrived in maths and the performing arts, even considering a career in it.

“She loved drama,” Lisa added. “She did a summer of drama with the British Youth Film Academy and a summer school in Stoke on Trent filming Olivia Twist, a female take on the Charles Dickens classic.

“But she stopped suddenly because she felt she wouldn’t be rich enough to afford drama school. She excelled in maths and physics and was encouraged to become a female engineer.”

But Adreanna’s true passion was campaigning for better mental health services, and she expressed this by taking up an apprenticeship with CAMHS Youth Advisers in Surrey.

The group is a network of young people who all have experience in accessing mental health facilities in the region and, they offer a voice in improving the services available by interacting with those using them.

“She was doing really well there,” Lisa said. “She always promoted the importance of mental health and I’m proud of her for that.

“However, she found it hard to express her own inner pain and kept it locked inside.

“We found it hard to get help from she system she so needed, especially after her father, David, died in 2010 which she struggled with to come to terms with.

“She didn’t have any contact with her dad and when he passed, she found it hard that she’d never have a relationship with him.”

Lisa added all donations in Adreanna’s memory should be to the RSPCA and mental health charities.

Adreanna Victoria Reader died on Sunday, November 13.

She was only 18 years old.