It’s been a journey that I could never have imagined. From deciding to try again after failing to learn Welsh when I’d tried years before, to hearing that my application to become a Welsh tutor had been successful – all in less than three years!

Chawan Ali was forced to flee Iraq in 2015, at just 15 years of age. After years of fighting and the threat of ISIS, her family were scared for their future.

I believe the way to a sound mind is through the environments we create, both digitally and physically. If you’re not conscious of this, it can gnaw away at your mental health.