I am a multi-award-winning science communicator, skin biologist and charity director at GhScientific, a science communication organisation focused on community engagement withscience, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

I am the pioneer behind the annual Basildon Street Science Festival and currently serve as the Regional Chair for the Royal Society of Biology. My work focuses on empowering young people from under-served communities to improve their science capital by providing opportunities to enable them to make informed decisions.

As part of my 2019 Fellowship, I travelled to Finland and Ghana to research informal methods of science education. I looked at two widely contrasting systems and how students and their communities engage with science in the different settings, the outcome of which would inform our work with our young people and the community.

My role in the UK is centred on community engagement with science through our charity, GhScientific, as well as in education through our learning centre in Basildon through after-school supported learning.

Since the Fellowship, we have transitioned our projects from one-off events to prolonged engagements.