With years of experience in journalism, public relations, and photography, I am a skilled and passionate visual storyteller. I took a break from my career to raise my children alongside running my own photography business. Currently a KS2 teaching assistant working closely with a number of children with special educational needs, children with SEMH needs and children failing to meet ARE.Key Skills:• Excellent communication and customer service skills, both written and verbal• Proficient photographer, editor and designer with experience in Adobe Creative Cloud programmes• Skilled in Microsoft Office, Wordpress and social media• Patient and empathetic with children and adults with additional needs• Clean driving licenceAn exhibited and acclaimed portrait photographer and mental health campaigner with a strong moral compass and a particular fondness for black and white portraiture. A professional photographer since 2010, I was co-owner of Studio G Photography, established in 2015, and now work alone as Lisa G Photography, as well as launching a new brand, Quirky Photography, specialising in children's photography.I have undertaken a solo portrait exhibition at Gallery Oldham as part of a mental health project I founded, publicised and secured funding for. a year later I was a speaker at Tedx Oldham.A devoted mother of two children with additional needs, I became a professional photographer organically, through photographing my own children. But Studio G's client list includes business people, celebrities, professional models and politicians.