ABOUT ME: Who Am I? A Journey Through Wonderland
For over two decades, I have worked in social justice—supporting marginalised communities, challenging systems that fail those they were meant to serve, and reimagining new possibilities. My work is driven by creativity, imagination, and the belief that change happens when we refuse to accept "the way things are."
I am the Founder and CEO of Pathways to Independence UK (PTI UK), a social purpose organisation with a diverse portfolio spanning:
✺ Specialist supported accommodation for young people.
✺ Community-focused initiatives promoting equity and inclusion.
✺ Programs designed to amplify young people's voices and influence within the systems that shape them.
Since 2003, PTI UK has supported thousands of young people who have experienced disadvantage and isolation, helping them to build futures that reflect their strengths, identities, and aspirations.
Our work is rooted in relational justice, equity, neurodiversity-affirming practice, and system-level change, emphasising the interconnectedness of individuals, relationships, and communities. By strengthening these connections, we create opportunities for young people to thrive in environments that value their voices and contributions.
www.pathwaystoindependence.org.uk
Alice’s Wonderland: Exploring Identity & Disrupting Narratives
More recently, I founded Alice’s Wonderland Ltd.—a creative platform for:
✩ Storytelling and exploring neurodivergent identity.
✩ Challenging mainstream narratives and disrupting traditional ways of thinking.
✩ Rethinking systems, identity, and belonging through imagination, curiosity, and a double empathy approach.
Alice’s Wonderland is a space for creativity, neurodivergent-led leadership, critical resistance, and narrative reclamation - bringing together thinkers, creators, and changemakers who see the world differently and want to reshape it on their own terms.
In addition, I have just served for 2 years as Autistic Co-Chair of the Brighton & Hove Autism Partnership Board and am active in neurodiversity-focused platforms, ensuring that neurodivergent voices shape policy, services, systemic change and cultural reform. I work to advance neuroaffirmative, relational and epistemically just approaches across social, health, and education systems - reimagining outdated structures so they better serve those they were never designed for.
What Wonderland Means to Me
✩ Like Alice in Wonderland, I have spent my life questioning the world as it is and imagining what it could be.
✩ Thinking differently about identity, belonging, and the systems that define us.
✩ Disrupting norms and reimagining possibilities.
I believe in the interconnectedness of all things—that we build strength through connection, not separation and division.
✩ My vision is
✶ a world that prioritises connection, community, identity, and belonging
✶ a world built on story, justice, and relationship
✶ a world where curiosity leads, and neurodivergence is a site of wisdom and joy.
—A Wonderland.
✩ One Future. Different Pathways. ✩
