Finding my calling
I've always known that I wanted a job where I could help people. This increased while studying for my degrees in social science and criminal justice, and volunteering in primary schools in deprived areas of Cardiff. I did my dissertation on challenges facing the prison system.
I got an opportunity to intern as a research assistant at the House of Lords; drafting speeches on criminal justice reform by day and rushing off to my job as a waitress at night. It was worth it as Lord Dholakia took me under his wing. One of my favourite things to do was read letters that had been written to him from ex-prisoners; thanking him for the life-changing impact that reforms to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act had on their lives.
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