Before I got involved with the Tower Hamlets Summer University, I was being antisocial and hanging around. My older sister was involved with the university, which provides free courses in east London, and I started as a volunteer there. I was about 15 or 16 at the time and it boosted my confidence. I'm still with the university but I've since done work with other youth organisations. Young people think of youth workers as people in centres who watch young people playing snooker, but it is more serious now and you need to understand teenagers. It's what I want to...