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I am a dedicated educator and researcher in the field of sustainable fashion, currently serving as a faculty member at BNU since 2023. With over 20 years of experience working in the fashion sector and teaching in higher education, I having completed my BA (Hons) in Fashion Design and Master's in Fashion Futures at the London College of Fashion. My academic journey has been enriched by extensive research focused on the global second-hand clothes trade and local community fashion practices in Zambia and Ghana, which I have presented at various international Fashion and Textiles Symposiums.

I hold a PGCert in Teaching in Higher Education, equipping me with a strong foundation in pedagogy and inclusive teaching practices. I have designed and developed innovative curricula for sustainable fashion courses, emphasising the integration of sustainable and decolonial fashion practices. My professional practice in the sustainable fashion sector in the UK includes experience working with prominent designers such as Christopher Raeburn and Reem Alasadi, as well as collaborating with international art and fashion design teams in Italy, France, Rwanda, Nigeria and the USA. In 2015, I established a sustainable fashion design studio and consultancy, leading projects that include brand consultancy for The Orenda Tribe in Jordan, digital gaming platform Moshi Monster, collaboration with Making for Change in London, and the development of sustainable fashion collections with emerging designers across Germany, Rwanda, and South Africa.

I have actively participated in international research residencies and contemporary digital design thinking spaces, focusing on collaborative research funded by the British Council. Currently, I am honoured to be the recipient of the prestigious Social Innovation Scholarship from the University of Southampton, where I am pursuing a Practice-led PhD that investigates diasporic approaches to fashion design and material culture. My research employs AI tools, material fabrication and new decolonial feminist pedagogical frameworks to challenge and redefine dominant narratives within fashion design practices. With a commitment to exploring alternative and innovative fashion design pedagogies, my research emerges from two decades of experience in fashion and education. The work aims to emphasise a contextualised fashion design praxis that honours our planet and recognises the interconnectedness of all species.

• Senior Lecturer