diff --git a/backend/onboarding/serializers.py b/backend/onboarding/serializers.py
index c8b0f33e..432f0519 100644
--- a/backend/onboarding/serializers.py
+++ b/backend/onboarding/serializers.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from onboarding.models import *
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework_simplejwt.serializers import TokenObtainPairSerializer
@@ -109,3 +110,15 @@ def update(self, instance, validated_data):
             instance.following.set(following)
 
         return super().update(instance, validated_data)
+
+User = get_user_model()
+class FollowUnfollowSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    username = serializers.CharField()
+
+    def validate_username(self, value):
+        # Ensure the username exists in the database
+        try:
+            user = User.objects.get(username=value)
+        except User.DoesNotExist:
+            raise serializers.ValidationError(f"User with username '{value}' does not exist.")
+        return value
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diff --git a/backend/onboarding/urls.py b/backend/onboarding/urls.py
index f722f0a6..76474400 100644
--- a/backend/onboarding/urls.py
+++ b/backend/onboarding/urls.py
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@
     path('register/', RegisterView.as_view(), name='auth_register'),
     path('email-verify/', VerifyEmail.as_view(), name='email-verify'),
     path('logout/', LogoutView.as_view(), name='logout'),
+    path('follow/', FollowView.as_view(), name='follow'),
+    path('unfollow/', UnfollowView.as_view(), name='unfollow'),
     path('', include(router.urls)),
     ]
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diff --git a/backend/onboarding/views.py b/backend/onboarding/views.py
index fe9d6114..a5cc6026 100644
--- a/backend/onboarding/views.py
+++ b/backend/onboarding/views.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.contrib.sites.shortcuts import get_current_site
 from django.urls import reverse
 from django.template import Template, Context
+from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.http.response import JsonResponse
 from onboarding.models import User as User
+from onboarding.models import Profile
 from rest_framework import permissions, status , viewsets, generics
 from rest_framework.response import Response
 from rest_framework_simplejwt.tokens import RefreshToken
@@ -199,4 +202,45 @@ def update(self, request, pk=None):
     def destroy(self, request, pk=None):
         currency = self.get_object()
         currency.delete()
-        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
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+        return Response(status=status.HTTP_204_NO_CONTENT)
+
+User = get_user_model()
+
+class FollowView(generics.GenericAPIView):
+    serializer_class = FollowUnfollowSerializer
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        username = serializer.validated_data['username']
+
+        user_to_follow = get_object_or_404(User, username=username)
+        profile_to_follow = user_to_follow.profile
+        user_profile = request.user.profile
+
+        if user_profile in profile_to_follow.followers.all():
+            return Response({'detail': 'Already following this user.'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        profile_to_follow.followers.add(user_profile)
+        return Response({'detail': f'Successfully followed {username}.'}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
+
+
+class UnfollowView(generics.GenericAPIView):
+    serializer_class = FollowUnfollowSerializer
+    permission_classes = [IsAuthenticated]
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        serializer = self.get_serializer(data=request.data)
+        serializer.is_valid(raise_exception=True)
+        username = serializer.validated_data['username']
+
+        user_to_unfollow = get_object_or_404(User, username=username)
+        profile_to_unfollow = user_to_unfollow.profile
+        user_profile = request.user.profile
+
+        if user_profile not in profile_to_unfollow.followers.all():
+            return Response({'detail': 'You are not following this user.'}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+
+        profile_to_unfollow.followers.remove(user_profile)
+        return Response({'detail': f'Successfully unfollowed {username}.'}, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
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