After ten years of producing projects and supporting artists, I’m still curious about my role. I feel drawn to work which focuses on people and process rather than final outcomes, but these are really important to me too. I'm really interested in residency programmes, where artists can be with their work and make connections without everyday distractions.

To help deliver projects and problem-solve in effective and ethical ways, a big part of my role is to let everyone involved feel supported. Humour and kettle chats are crucial to my working practice.

I've worked on programmes, festivals and partnerships with great cultural organisations including Estuary Festival, English PEN, The WOW Foundation, Focal Point Gallery, theCOLAB, Royal Opera House, Nottingham Playhouse and Essex Book Festival and have tied in organisations from wider sectors including Network Rail, Vodafone and BLESMA. I've worked extensively with national arts organisation Metal and continue to collaborate with their brilliant teams. Through Metal, I've benefitted from fantastic training from organisations like Talawa, Julie's Bicycle and Artswork.

Alongside my work with organisations, I team up regularly with freelancers and independent creatives who work outside of big systems. Through this, I see first hand how limitations can feed both intention and creative invention.

I studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University and was part of TOMA (The Other MA)'s 2019-2021 cohort. TOMA and the people of our school continually feed into my learning (and unlearning). I live in my hometown of Southend on Sea in Essex. My work is heavily informed and shaped by by the landscape and creative community here.