about me.
I'm a Fulbright Scholar and MIT Sloan Fellow and I love to find new ways to solve complex social challenges. As a social entrepreneur, I’m mostly passionate about inclusion. I fight for those who are often the most excluded from our societies. I started a social enterprise called, Uncomfortable Revolution, a lifestyle brand on a mission to change the way we talk about chronic illness or disability. I want to be a philanthropist when I grow up.
things i write about.
Dear Mr. Obama, will you be my dad?
My ‘dad’ died just before Christmas last year….
How tech can bring better health outcomes to Europe’s refugees and migrants
Just three years ago, the European migrant crisis…
Tilly Lockey, bionic arm girl: “My difference is my superpower”
Tilly Lockey is a teenage bionic-arm girl who rejects being labeled “disabled…
experience.
I live to tell stories…especially the ones that matter. I started working as an educator, and spent two years working globally as a professional artist. I then got into NGO marketing and communications, telling stories about some of the world’s biggest crises. I eventually ended up at the UN Refugee Agency, where I spent 3 years developing refugee innovations. After a year at MIT, doing my MBA as an Innovation and Global Leadership Fellow, I co-founded Uncomfortable Revolution, a social enterprise that wants to use media and narratives to make our societies more inclusive and accessible. Our theory of change is simple: media representation matters in the battle for equality and inclusion.
Bottom-up innovation workshop for refugees in uganda
designing a menstrual hygiene solution for zambian women
mentoring micro-entrepreneurs in johannesburg
hosting co-creation workshop with refugees and designers in stockholm
speaking on a panel on innovative solutions for the european refugee crisis
Changing the world takes guts.
let's connect.
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“It is no longer acceptable to not have women at the table. It is no longer acceptable to not have people of color at the table. But, no one thinks to see if the table is accessible.”
