2024 – PresentI am currently working at Castlehaven Community Association — a North London charity providing safe, inclusive spaces and engaging activities for all ages and abilities — as Evaluation Coordinator, leading the design and delivery of a full programme evaluation for their Environmental Programme. This is a community-based initiative delivering activities including community gardening, therapeutic horticulture and nature-based workshops. My work involves mixed-methods research with service users and volunteers, analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, and the production of evaluation reports to evidence impact for funders and inform the programme's future development.
Prior to this, I worked as Health Haven Project Coordinator and Evaluation Lead, co-coordinating a community health and wellbeing programme for Camden residents living with long-term health conditions. This involved overseeing the delivery of weekly sessions — including yoga, pilates, social clubs and bespoke workshops — as well as planning community events, trips and partnerships with local charities, cultural institutions such as the British Library and British Museum, and Camden Council. I also led the programme's mixed-methods evaluation, conducting interviews, surveys and participatory sessions, and produced impact reports for stakeholders and funders.
I first joined Castlehaven as a Gateway Officer at their weekly food bank, where I liaised directly with long-term members to understand their needs and support them in accessing non-clinical, community-based services — helping to address the underlying socio-economic and psychosocial challenges many were facing.
2022 – 2023I obtained a Master’s of Arts & Sciences in Creative Health from UCL, having graduated with distinction. The Master’s offered insight into the myriad factors influencing health – through the lens of health inequalities, lifecourse epidemiology and the social determinants of health – and explored non-clinical means of promoting wellbeing (e.g., community assets, co-production, lived experience). I gained exposure to various research methods and experience with collating quantitative and qualitative evidence, as well as carrying out primary and secondary research.
For my dissertation project, I partnered with Castlehaven Community Association, where I conducted qualitative research into the effects of a community Yoga & Mindfulness intervention for women with anxiety and depression, and explored how social prescribing was being adopted at the centre. I engaged with community members through participatory, creative research methods and interviews, as well as with staff, gaining insight into their experiences of implementing social prescribing in partnership with the local GP surgery. My research helped provide Castlehaven with evidence-based recommendations and to support funding bids.
2022 – PresentI teach a weekly, open-level Yoga class at the Primrose Hill Community Centre. During these classes, I encourage conscious movement with the aim to cultivate awareness, while fostering strength, mobility and stability. As well as being anchored by the breath, the practice is informed by an understanding of anatomy and physiology, and incorporates aspects of the Yoga tradition.
I also teach a Chair Yoga for Seniors class, which aims to preserve and promote mobility, balance and strength in over 65s through chair-based movement and postures.
2014 – 2022I began by career at Freemavens, an insights and strategy consultancy specialising in data-driven research. As a Research Analyst, I drew on and analysed a mix of quantitative and qualitative digital, consumer and market data sets when carrying out research for clients. I gained valuable knowledge and understanding of various tools and research methods, as well as an ability to synthesise vast data findings, from which to identify relevant and actionable insights.
As a Strategist, I was accountable for the delivery of projects, regularly translating client briefs into rigorous research methodologies, surfacing insights, and formulating business recommendations. I worked across teams and functions, liaising with colleagues and clients to ensure projects were delivered to a high standard and research findings were conveyed in the form of a compelling and actionable narrative.
My responsibilities at Freemavens also spanned line management, employee training and coaching, which I embraced and derived great personal satisfaction from. Moreover, I regularly and proactively made suggestions as to how to innovate, adapt and improve company processes and ways of working. As one of Freemavens’ earliest employees, I am proud to have made a significant contribution to a company culture founded on empathy, rigour and integrity.
2021 – 2023I was invited to serve as a mentor and assistant on the 18-month Triyoga Level 1 Teacher Training Programme 2021/2023, led by Anna Ashby and Tony Watson. I drew on my own experience of the training programme and my teaching to offer support, guidance and feedback to teacher trainees, as well as assisting with and helping facilitate teaching modules.
2019 – 2021After 10 years of practising Yoga, I went on to complete the rigorous 350-hour, British Wheel of Yoga and Yoga Alliance certified Triyoga teacher training programme, under the tutelage of Anna Ashby, Tony Watson, Chris Swain and Daniel Simpson. The training spanned 2 years and comprised asana (posture), philosophy, anatomy and physiology, as well as meditation. It provided a robust framework for teaching, giving me the skills and confidence to transmit the teachings and benefits of Yoga to others.
2018 – 2019I completed a foundation course in Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology (APP), via the British College of Osteopathy, in collaboration with the College of Craniosacral Therapy. This provided me with a strong foundation on which to continue evolving my understanding of and interest in the human body, and the role of embodied practices in supporting health and wellbeing.
2010 – 2014I obtained an Undergraduate degree (MA) in English and Art History from the University of St Andrews, in Scotland, having graduated with First Class Honours. My studies offered the opportunity to expand upon a natural passion for both literature, art and writing. For my honours thesis, I sought to blend aspects of my joint degree to carry out a ‘word and image’ study of the work of the Mexican, Surrealist photographer Manuel Álvarez Bravo.
2011 – 2014I served as the Press and Exhibition Coordinator, and Literary Editor of Stereoscope Magazine – a photography publication featuring student photography and articles, and showcasing images from the University of St Andrews’ vast photography archive. In my role as Literary Editor, I managed and edited the magazine’s written content, finding new and creative ways of bringing each issue’s theme to life