The seed that education should be accessible to everyone took root in me early on.
Born and raised in north London, I went to an all-girls Catholic state school. I considered going to university as I was quite academic, but I wasn’t sure where to start.
My mum hadn’t been to university and my school's capacity to guide me through the application process was limited.
Outreach programmes boosted my confidence and inspired me to apply to university – I studied history and politics for my undergraduate degree at the London School of Economics – where I also got interested in doing outreach work myself.
I wanted to maximise the impact of outreach and widening participation programmes to help others.
