Birmingham's boldest women

I would like to believe I am a YOUNG, single mum first and foremost. In addition I happen to be a Registered ITU nurse at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a role I found myself in right when the Covid pandemic started.

As a newly qualified nurse, the pandemic was overwhelming to say the very least but after the struggles I went through as an immigrant, a young mother with no family support system in a foreign land and subsequent struggles with my mental health as a result of loneliness and sheer isolation, it’s no wonder I just found myself just getting on with it when it was called for.

The pandemic was a particularly stressful time for me trying to juggle my roles as a nurse, mother, daughter and community champion but I always knew my responsibilities and somehow the show simply had to go on.

As they say necessity is the mother of all inventions. These insurmountable odds birthed the idea of a podcast in an effort to reach out to others who might have been going through similar experiences and with the notion that each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.

It was from this podcast that a community group for BAME women, Meaningful Connections was developed and continues to develop up to this day.

I never for one second thought my story would inspire someone, so much that they have nominated me as one of Birmingham’s Boldest Women. Having this opportunity to connect with the city of Birmingham is a truly humbling experience.