From an early age I have been writing. My mum told me I used to write stories when I was about eight. Prior to this, I would read or demand stories to be read to me.

But what set me apart from most children, was that at the age of five, I refused to talk. This was mostly contained within school and around friends, but escalated into Secondary School. Although I found a way to communication, this was merely a whisper. This is why I call myself; The Girl Who Whispered (You can read more about this here; Why “The Girl Who Whispered”?).

I struggled with this most of my early life. As a result, I would hide away and escape in books, anime and cartoons, finding solice, and fantasing that either I was the main character or someone would come save me.

In 2017, I decided to set one of those famous ‘New Years Resolutions’, stepping away from my own personal fan-fiction and wrote my first book ‘It’s My Mistake’. Over the years, I continued to write, my biggest project being ‘Rose Garden Sanatorium’. But I have also been on my own personal self-discovery.

In 2020, during the height of the Covid pandemic, I stumbled across ‘Selective Mutism’. The more I read, the more I realised; that’s what I had! Since then, I have learnt a lot about myself; the most profound discovery is realising the struggles I had, and in some cases still have, are a result of having a neurodivergent brain.

Since then, as well as continuously learning about different neurodivergencies, learning about myself, but I have been pushing more for advocacy, awareness, and most importantly, change.

Not only have I become a UN Women’s Delegate, taking part in both the Commission of the Status of Women Sessions 67 and 68, making the most of the time to advocate for neurodivergent women, girls and females, I have also spoken out both in the workplace and the wider professional area about being neurodivergent and having had Selective Mutism, I have taken part in events and discussions, and am currently in the process of writing a piece for the British Computer Society specifically about Selective Mutism. My biggest achievement is overcoming my biggest fear and standing up in front of a crowd to talk about being neurodivergent and growing up with Selective Mutism.

Not only am I passionate about advocating for neurodivergencies and Selective Mutism, I am also passionate about bringing awareness to other topics; the LGBTQI+ community, the Black community, mental health issues, chronic illnesses, and others topics or people who are in some way classed within a minority group.

It goes without saying that this website’s pledge
is to showcase voices;
whether that is written or spoken,
to raise awareness to those under-represented
and topics that need to be hear.