Co-founded Fit in Faith, which partners with churches in New Haven, Connecticut, to build sustainable fitness and wellness groups that nurture body, mind, and soul. Each session combines movement, honest conversation about emotional wellbeing, and scripture and prayer, with leadership growing from within the congregation.
Completed Yale’s Leadership in Global Health Fellowship at UNICEF Jamaica, engaging with young people, service providers, government stakeholders, and UNICEF colleagues. Evaluating adolescent health services reinforced that good policy cannot be developed from evidence alone; it also requires understanding people’s experiences, institutional realities, financing constraints, and the level of trust communities have in the systems intended to serve them.
In 2023, served as the UK G20 Youth Delegate for Health, Wellbeing and Sport in India, contributing to policy discussions on global health challenges with a focus on health equity, prevention, and digitally enabled solutions. Working directly with policymakers and international stakeholders, learned to use evidence and translate it into policy recommendations.
Co-founded The Ladder Project, a Community Interest Company that supported the holistic development of students. It recognised a skills gap that disproportionately affects students from lower socioeconomic and Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, and ran a programme to build the skills they need to progress through education and into work, while giving them the tools and exposure to set informed goals for their future.
Worked with fellow trustees to set the strategic direction of a secondary school, reviewing finances, operations and child protection procedures to ensure compliance with regulatory standards. Analysed quarterly financial reports to inform decisions on how resources were allocated.
Worked with executive leadership and board members to contribute to the strategic vision of a multi-million-pound charity. Helped shape its digital strategy alongside the digital transformation committee, contributing to ideation sessions with digital experts that led to an in-house customer relationship management tool to strengthen stakeholder management.