Perhaps unusually for the wonderfully international community that is NTC, I’m born and bred in Manchester, with Caribbean roots. As a lifelong lover of books, my undergraduate degree was in English Literature and, after a couple of years studying and working on the office-side of the theatre arts in London, I returned to Manchester and became an English teacher for many years. In doing so, I discovered my love of the exchange found in the teaching-learning moment and really enjoyed my time working with students from adults through to 9 year olds in a range of settings. More recently, and prior to coming on faculty at NTC, I had the privilege of supporting people with refugee status, as a support worker for the Boaz Trust.
My studies in Theology blossomed following completion of ministry school during a sabbatical year from teaching, and I subsequently studied MA Practical Theology at NTC. During my MA I encountered articulated Liberation Theology, which then led to my current PhD research, a womanist project, which engages voice and identity in Black women of Caribbean descent in the UK. As a researcher, I enjoy developing empowering, participative and creative approaches, and my interests include womanist theology, hospitality, theopoetics, embodiment, ecclesiology and continuing to develop participative and creative (arts-based) research methodologies.
When I’m not reading for pleasure, work or studies, I enjoy the creative arts, cooking and staying active.
