Consultant English Language/Literature GCSE/A level tutor. Yoga Meditation Retreat owner. Kundalini Yoga teacher (certified) Formerly Head of Media at Claires Court Schools (22 years), Principal/ senior examiner at AQA 2000-2015, Cambridge (CiE)and Edxecel. IELTS 7+ B1-C2 specialist English Language ESOL teacher serving the Chinese market for UKiset and entrance exams for UK schools. In 2012 founded Actionmedia, a charity working to use media and teaching skills to empower and enhance the voice of disadvantaged communities. In our first project; Big Lottery funded Actionmedia to run film workshops for teenage Type 1s to make short films about their experience of this complex condition as well as workshops for young people giving them the chance to talk back about how young men and women are so often negatively represented in today's media. We have also made a series of 19 short films on managing diabetes Type 1 and 2 to offer peer support in the UK and globally. The aim was to create a diverse constituency of voices from different cultures, religions and perspectives on how to cope with this chronic and difficult condition. In my work through Actionmedia and through teaching, I aim to enhance understanding of how the media operates and use this to constructive endsExamining - Formerly, I was Principal in charge of an A level paper for AQA Media Studies (Med 5), Assistant Principal for the EPQ and I am currently a senior examiner across a range of exams at AQA in Media Studies and English Literature. ELearning - I also wrote and still manage an online diploma in media for NCC Resources. This is taken by students all over the world.Kundalini Yoga teacher/practitioner Community work: 2010-2017 acted as advocate and consultant for people with Type 1 with Diabetes. Media volunteer for Diabetes UK, Founder, Diabetes support group. Maidenhead. Committee member Diabetes UK East Berkshire. Former committee member Scouts, Berkshire.