Both of my parents served in the Royal Air Force; thus I moved around a lot growing up. Within journalism, this has been advantageous for me, as from a young age I learned the skill of throwing myself into new environments, meeting new people, and forming relationships quickly.
This military background also gave me insight into what it was like living in different countries, as I lived in the Falkland Islands for a year, and Gibraltar for two years. Living in both of these areas amplified the importance of community, as in the Falkland Islands, there were limited resources and support, so everyone helped each other.
When I was 10, we moved to what was RAF St Athens, and I went to Boarding School at Repton Prep School (Formerly Foremarke), and Repton. I boarded for seven years, which opened me up to a large network of former pupils and the ‘Old Reptonian Society’.
For six form I went to Sutton Coldfield College where I elected to take English Literature, Philosophy, and Sociology. Initially I wanted to be a lawyer and was going to study law, but instead I decided to take English Literature with Creative Writing at Cardiff University.
Writing has always been my favourite hobby, and literature is still my favourite art form. In my first year I wanted to work in television.
However, in my second-year I started getting involved with my University’s television station, ‘CUTV’. In my third-year I was elected as the ‘Culture Director’ and ‘Social Secretary’ of the station. As Culture Director, I worked on various different productions including co-producing a documentary on women’s football, and reporting on a Transgender Liberation March.
Between second and third year I did my first internship, in business, in Bali with Think Pacific. This provided invaluable skills in working with clients, problem-solving, and delivering presentations.
Going into third year I also started my own Culture and Literary Magazine, ‘GreybearLit’. As a new writer I wanted to build up a portfolio and ensure that I always had a space for posting articles. This space was also open to other people writing for it, as I wanted to encourage new writers who may be too uncomfortable writing for their University papers.
In my third-year, I also began getting involved in other Student Media groups. I wrote for the student magazine, Quench, the student newspaper, Gair Rhydd, and the National student tabloid, the Tab.
During the Christmas break of 2024-25 I gained some work insight and experience with my first non-student publication, getting work published for the South Wales Argus. My first article in print was about the Traitors titled, ‘Traitors’ Star Elyn Wyn shocked by fellow ‘Welsh’ contestant’, and one of my favourite articles, ‘Newport’s Pill Millenium Centre to host Afro Hair Show’. This article kept me in contact with the charity organisation, Cynefin Pamoja, and since then I have written for them and sat on one of their panels.
Other work I did was for the Times Graduate Survey, where I interviewed other students to help the Times gain insight into the graduate job market.
This work paid off at several different awards. At the National Student Television Award Shows, I contributed to my station winning third place in the ‘Broadcaster of the Year’ Award and second place in the ‘Mars Elkins El-Brogy for Multimedia Content Award’.
At Cardiff University’s Society, Volunteering, and Media Awards, the documentary I co-produced won best coverage of a student led activity. CUTV also won the ‘Best Student Media Group’ award.
For Cardiff University’s Student Media Awards, the women’s football documentary won the ‘Best project’, and was shortlisted for the ‘Best Long Form Video’ award. The Transgender Liberation March Protest won ‘Best Social Media Video’, and I was shortlisted for the ‘Best Presenter’.
After building this portfolio up, I began freelancing and writing for external sources, including Culture Cardiff and HotSourceZine, writing on a range of events and topics.
In 2025, I graduated from my undergraduate degree with a 2:1.
Afterwards, I went into my role as a Marketing intern for the Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival. This gave me invaluable experience in marketing, social media. It also opened me up to a network of incredible LGBT+ talent.
In 2025 I began my News Journalism Masters at Cardiff University’s JOMEC, writing for the Cardiffian. This is my current role; however I am still a freelancer, and am open to work or attending events.
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