Growing up and living with undiagnosed dyslexia and ADHD in the 90s, struggled with school and also cared for my sister who was severely disabled but died at 16.  I suffered from a stammer which cause many obstacles in my life, But I gained loads of skills from a lived experience which allowed me to work with SEN/Autism young people in Behaviour schools. I cured my own stammer and taught myself how to manage my impulsive ADHD condition.

I gained a degree in publishing, published a book with my own publishing company and pursued a career in education. I am now a mentor in the community and prisons, was a teaching assistant at a behaviour school and am now a behaviour mentor and counsellor for young people at school also in my own company called Ambitious Lives. We provide – mentoring, workshops, training and well-being activities.

Recently I’ve been filming my outreach work every Saturday in Birmingham, going to hard to reach youth in their areas and mentoring them. I focus on educating youth on sexual and criminal exploitation.