Res Publica, the media platform, magazine and website I’ve founded, has connected individuals and ideas from all around the globe.

Built and led by a team of women of colour, its goal is to break down the binary divide between ‘diversity of ideas’ and ‘diversity of individuals’ – precisely by showing that women who look like us have a place in academic and political debates alongside voices traditionally seen in media and academic spaces. Interconnectivity is at the heart of our publication and my personal work ethic; we turned a scholarly publication into a way of enabling people to express themselves during unprecedented isolation.

By way of a short introduction, I am a third-year Law and Politics Student with interests in art, history, philosophy, and event coordination. I began Res Publica over a year ago after encountering sexism and racism in and out of my professional life. Although it was really tough at the time – looking back at what we have built as a team, it is incredible; the team currently consists of over 35 people from Cyprus, to New York, Guatemala, San Marino, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, France, Germany and many more!

We are immensely proud to have worked on a number of major collaborations with: Phi Magazine, King’s College London European Society, Art and the City, Nottingham University Green Economy Society, King’s College London Latin American Society, Oxford Forum for International Development, New College of the Humanities, Pacific Chambers, King’s College London ThinkMental, FemLegal, Femme Mag, EasyA, Boston University’s The Politica, ZeroGravity, Joyn Media, Oxford M&A Group, Castle Fine Art Gallery, EU Neighbors East (Young European Ambassadors) Oxford Public Philosophy, Ivory Tower, The Edict, Admittedly Legal, Talk Books with ME, Northeastern University, King’s College London War Studies Society, Columbia University RightsView and Polity21. Moreover, last year Res Publica teamed up with the Oxford University Amnesty International Society to create an Essay Competition – sponsored by Blackwells – with a focus on asylum seekers and their rights in the age of COVID-19.

Alongside my work at Res Publica, I am heavily involved in my University life having been the youngest President of the Law and Politics Societies and being a member of the Ted X NCH London Committee. In parallel, I am an Ambassador for the Oxford Forum for International Development and Northeastern University Women Who Empower, alongside being a Member of the European Youth Parliament. In my spare time, I do pro bono work for Pacific Chambers, Pegasus Chambers and The Edict (a legal start-up based in the UAE).