Teacher. Leader.

Education disruptor

Working at the intersection of language education, critical pedagogy, and inclusive school leadership — across Africa and Europe.

My story

A career built across continents — and the question of who school truly serves

Working across secondary settings in Africa and Europe, I have seen that not all learners are served equally — and that the difference is rarely about ability. It is about whose knowledge is centred, and whether teachers truly see the whole child.

That question has shaped everything: my EAL and French language teaching, my leadership of curriculum and pastoral programmes within International Baccalaureate schools, and now this site — a space to share what I have learned across two continents.

IB

Curriculum Design — expertise in International Baccalaureate programmes

Diverse contexts
in 2 continents

Secondary teaching experience across Africa and Europe

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994)

“The classroom remains the most radical space of possibility in the academy.”

Bell Hooks bell — writer, educator, and insurgent Black intellectual — argued that education is never neutral: it either domesticates or liberates. Her vision of engaged pedagogy, where the classroom becomes a site of critical consciousness, belonging, and resistance, sits at the heart of my own practice. Teaching, for hooks, is a political act — one that demands we see the whole student, centre marginalised knowledge, and build classrooms where every voice matters.

Bell Hooks

Language education

EAL Specialist & French Language Acquisition Teacher

My classroom career spans secondary settings in Africa and Europe — teaching English as an Additional Language and French as a foreign language to multilingual learners navigating new languages, new curricula, and often new countries.

This dual role gives me a uniquely grounded perspective on second language acquisition: what it truly looks and feels like from both sides of the language learning journey.

School leadership

Curriculum & Pastoral Lead in International Baccalaureate Programmes

As Curriculum and Pastoral Lead in IB settings, I have led inclusive curriculum development and student pastoral care side by side — understanding that what we teach and how we care for learners are inseparable leadership responsibilities.

IB's internationally minded, inquiry-based framework creates real opportunities to embed equity, multilingualism, and belonging at the heart of school design.

Critical pedagogy

Decolonising the curriculum — especially in international school contexts

Working across Africa and Europe has sharpened my sense of whose knowledge tends to be centred in international school curricula — and whose is routinely marginalised. I bring that lived, cross-continental experience to curriculum auditing, resource selection, and professional development.

This is uncomfortable work. It is also some of the most important work a school can do.

Professional journey

A career built across contexts and continents

Who is your coach? Every educator deserves someone at their side — someone who challenges their thinking, holds space for growth, and believes in what they are capable of becoming.