I have over twenty years of experience of active dialogue between religions and cultures, promoting shared values and facilitating difficult conversations. My main focus has been on building bridges between Muslims and non-Muslims. I am a qualified and experienced counter-radicalisation professional, with particular expertise with Somali, Pakistani and Palestinian communities. I have travelled widely around the Middle East (Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt), including living in both urban and rural areas of the West Bank with Palestinian families over an eighteen month period conducting field research for my Masters degree. I have a growing interest in neurodiversity, especially Autism.