Achievement and struggle, side by side.
I'm a Sports Scholar at Brunel University of London, a documentary filmmaker and a mental health advocate. My work is built around a simple truth: success and struggle often exist side by side, even when nobody else can see it.
My story
For a long time, the version of me people saw was the athlete — a thrower competing at a high level through club, national and international competition. What that picture didn't show was that some of my hardest moments came alongside the achievements, not before them. Outward success and inner struggle can exist side by side, yet very few people talk about it. That gap — between how things look and how they actually feel — is what much of my work is built around.
Growing up with ADHD and autism shaped how I understood confidence, belonging, identity and the experience of feeling different. For a long time, those experiences felt like obstacles. Today, they are among the greatest strengths I bring into a room: lived, first-hand experience of neurodiversity, rather than theory borrowed from a textbook.
I created Breaking The Circle — a documentary I funded, filmed and produced independently — to put those conversations on screen. Exploring mental health, bullying, autism, loneliness and human connection, the film became the foundation for the work I do today: creating honest conversations around mental health, wellbeing and resilience in schools, universities and sporting environments.
What shapes the work
Three threads run through everything I do — and they're the reason the conversations land.
The athlete behind it
A thrower for Blackheath & Bromley Harriers and representative of the Great Britain contingent at the DNA U20 European Club Championships. Sport taught me about pressure, identity beyond performance, and what athlete wellbeing really asks of people.
Neurodiversity & mental health
Living with ADHD and autism gives me a first-hand understanding of confidence, belonging and feeling different — and a language students recognise as real.
Evidence, not just story
Awarded 95% for its proposal and presentation, my proposed final-year project at Brunel University of London explores mental health support in high-performance sport through an evidence-informed documentary and educational resource.
Speaking at Langley Park — turning lived experience into honest conversation.
Where this is heading
I believe students don't need another lecture. They need conversations that feel real — led by someone close enough to their world to understand it. That's the work today: assemblies, workshops and screenings that open honest conversations about mental health, resilience, neurodiversity and performance.
Longer term, I want to build something at the intersection of mental health, education, sport and film — documentaries, educational resources and research-informed programmes that reach far beyond any one room. Human connection is the only wealth. Everything I'm building starts there.