I was appointed as the Director of Disability Arts Cymru (DAC) in August 2019. Now residing in Conwy, I am leading the organisation to support a creative and equal Cymru, where disabled and Deaf people are pivotal to the arts of the nation. Its mission is to open up access and opportunity, celebrate diversity, nurture new talent and established high-calibre disabled and Deaf creative industries practitioners, and to inspire change throughout Cymru.

Previously I was the Founder and Artistic Director of DaDaFest, one of the most successful disability arts festivals in the world. Based in Liverpool, DaDaFest began as North West Disability Arts Forum in 1984, to support the development of disabled/Deaf artists. I initially trained in performance arts, speech and drama at Liverpool Theatre School, and have worked in the arts and disability arts all my professional life. I am regularly invited to speak on disability rights and the arts. I have a deafness gain, and I use a lip speaker or captioner in public. I am an MBE and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.