About Us

An inner city Londoner and proud product of refugees and migrants, I’ve always been a passionate advocate for equity of opportunity and love enabling people to be the driving force for positive change. For well over a decade, I've led teams in the tech space and am currently Director of Product & Technical Operations at Depop, where we’re committed to building the world’s most diverse and progressive home of fashion.

My parents are first generation immigrants and I was born, raised and educated in Hackney. The work that You Make It does resonates with me personally and I’m excited to contribute to an organisation that empowers women, strives to challenge the status quo and has a real impact. I have an extensive career working in the television broadcast industry and know all to well the barriers women can face in intense working environments. I’ve learnt how to overcome and how to succeed. I’d like to share this with the women of You Make It and help empower them to fulfil their potential and help drive forward the strategy of the charity. I am currently the Principal, Broadcast Regulation at BT Sport responsible for instilling a compliance culture and ensuring we adhere to UK broadcast regulation, whilst also lobbying government legislation in this space. I am also a committee member of BT’s Ethnic Diversity Network, and deliver learning and development opportunities for BT’s racially diverse employees and influencing the business on diversity issues specifically race.

Rooted in a deep commitment to equity and social justice, I have worked across sectors to design and deliver strategies that centre underrepresented voices and dismantle structural barriers. I’m proud to join the Board of You Make It, championing its mission to unleash the agency, confidence, and creative potential of young women from marginalised backgrounds.

I have lived in the UK for more than half my life and much of that has been in Hackney which is why I’m keen to work for and with the young women in my community to achieve positive social change. As an HR professional, I have had a front row seat to good intentions in businesses that don’t always translate to meaningful change, and believe YMI can support them to make basic but important changes to underpin more inclusive workplace cultures.

As a sustainability and human rights professional, I have spent over a decade working to make global systems more equitable and am passionate about doing this work closer to home, in London. I'm currently the Responsible Operations Manager at the LEGO Group.

As an artist, filmmaker, and executive, I have worked with some of the world’s most influential artists and brands, while always championing outsider voices and new perspectives. Coming from a working-class, immigrant background, I am passionate about creating opportunities for others who may not see themselves represented in the industry. I am a trustee of You Make It to help build spaces that are inclusive, forward-thinking, and rooted in community.

In addition to my day-to-day work, I am committed to my pro bono practice, which is centred on human rights and criminal law. I have always had a strong sense of justice, informed by my travels and relationships, and that informs my everyday life. I firmly believe in intersectional justice, and that I have a responsibility to act as an ally to racialised women from working class backgrounds. That is why I am very proud to be a trustee for You Make It, which creates unparalleled space and opportunity to empower those who others have overlooked.

I aim to spark meaningful conversations and shine a light on underrepresented narratives, de-stigmatise misconceptions surrounding neurodivergence, disability and unconventional identities and create space for deeper understanding, connection and self acceptance. I’m a YMI alumni and the programme helped me utilise my voice and believe in my own potential helping me to step into my purpose.

I’m a multidisciplinary multimedia creative working across photography and poetry to explore themes of identity, mental health and lived experiences. I'm also a student studying M.Sc in Human Computer Interaction.

Over the past 15 years, my career has taken me through academic research, community engagement, and grant-making, all rooted in the deep belief that everyone should have a chance to contribute to and benefit from knowledge creation.

I am passionate about mentorship and creating spaces where people can thrive, which is why I am delighted to serve as a Trustee at You Make It Trustee, a charity that empowers marginalised young women in London, the city I have had the joy to call home my entire life. Outside of work, you will find me in my allotment or on my bike. I co-founded Black Women On Wheels CIC, a cycling community dedicated to improving the well-being of Black women through cycling.

Alongside this, I have clarity that while it's impossible to make positive change solo, if enough of us with shared values join together, then beautiful things can happen even in a world that feels stacked against those not born into privilege.

You Make It exists to empower our community of racialised, working class women, and our movement to break down the barriers that wrongly derail personal and professional potential and purpose, is grounded in a truly collaborative approach to working with others. In a divisive time, we are about unity.

In addition to raising the funding for and being responsible for running this true unicorn of a charity, as CEO I also facilitate learning for other organisations and people with a focus on anti racism learning, not for profit start up consultancy and coaching. I am also on the EDI board for the GLA, and am a member of the board for Dialled In, which showcases South Asian artistry.

Prior to setting up You Make It, I held largely management roles in the cultural and creative industries.

A scientist by background, I have over 15 years’ experience working with national-level health, public sector and non-profit organisations in the UK and abroad, working in the areas of global public health, health policy guidance, mental health as well as health emergency preparedness and response.

I love bringing structure and creativity together, and I’m deeply committed to doing so with care and integrity. I’m currently training to become a counsellor and psychotherapist, which closely aligns with You Make It’s 16-week programme which provides therapy to participants. Being part of a movement that centres around equity, authenticity and joy is what drew me and what keeps me passionate about our mission.

I’m passionate about creating a space where everyone feels seen, supported, and celebrated. Some days that’s juggling schedules and solving puzzles behind the scenes; other days it’s cheering on small wins, sharing a giggle, or spontaneously dancing in the office just because we can. For me, empowerment works best when it’s paired with a bit of joy, kindness, and love sprinkled everywhere.

It’s a full-circle moment to now support women who look like me and share similar lived experiences. Alongside my work with YMI, my creative practice focuses on telling stories with and for underserved communities, those often pushed to the margins but who deserve to be centred.

I joined You Make It because I'm acutely aware that the world is becoming even more unjust and instead of feeling hopeless, I realised that my partnership and income generation expertise from the commercial art world, which I spent 10 years in, is better used to activate real social change. I feel honoured to be a part of this beautiful, mission-led team and community empowerment movement.

Structurally ensuring that often marginalised and underrepresented groups have access to valuable resources for self-determination is experience and passion I bring to YMI from my professional background in outreach and grant awarding work. Alongside my role in YMI, I am a practicing artist and lead intergenerational workshops for people within my work as an intervention for them to access art in broader ways beyond established institutions they often do not see themselves reflected within.

I currently sit on the advisory board for the London, Sugar and Slavery Gallery at the London Museum, Docklands and I am a trustee of Hay Festival Foundation. As a passionate advocate for equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond, I am delighted to be joining You Make It's Cultural Board to help champion its mission to empower young women of colour, and help break down barriers to fulfil their personal and professional potential.

I grew up in London and I've worked in the music industry for 20 years.

I'm currently the Managing Director at Warp Publishing and I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to support the women at You Make It.

I am looking forward to helping connect the team with wider access to the music industry and to collaborate on developing supportive ideas with the cultural board.

The impact of having mentorship and people that guided me changed the course of my life, and, as such, this is a very important role for me.

I’m joining the You Make It Cultural Board to champion inclusive cultural leadership and support new creative talent.

She has appeared in a wide range of international and national films and over 100 episodes of television, including 'Nine Perfect Strangers', 'Talamasca', 'Wolf Hall', 'Legends of Tomorrow' 'The Kissing Booth 2+3' and 'The Originals'. Through her newly launched company, Barefaced Productions, Maisie is developing a slate of bold, socially engaged projects dedicated to challenging the status quo and redefining the narratives we see on screen.

Currently, she is Associate Director, Curatorial and Public Practice at Wellcome Collection where she oversees the public programme and content of the museum. She was Co-curator of Dancing Before the Moon, the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2022) and Head of Programmes at the Crafts Council. Previously she held curatorial and programming positions at the Design Museum and the Institute of Contemporary Arts.

In the same year, she was awarded the Netflix New Talent Award at the Women In Film & TV Awards.

Tobi was featured as a 2025 Screen Star of Tomorrow, as well as being featured in Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Europe's Art and Culture 2022 list and being selected for the prestigious BAFTA Elevate programme and BFI's NETWORK@LFF 2023 development programme. She has also curated artistic programmes and projects for the Barbican, Southbank Centre, and BFI.

Through her creative and cultural studio Them Ones, which was a recipient of the 2025 BBC Small Indie Fund, she is developing several feature films with BBC Film, alongside other television and curatorial projects.

Tobi Kyeremateng is a BAFTA-winning film and TV producer based in London.

"I am excited to champion the empowering work You Make It! does for young women, and to curate and contribute to a thriving community and industry for them to step into at any time."

For five years, Faiza has been a fundraiser for award-winning London theatres such as The Bush, The Yard, The Gate and HighRise Theatre, leading on their trusts and foundations, individual giving and corporate fundraising with over ten years of experience in the social sector. Faiza is also a doctoral researcher in Sociology at Birkbeck, University of London.

Her research examines intergenerational dynamics between first- and second-generation British Somalis, utilising concepts such as 'Dhaqan Celis. She is an emerging Archivist and Curator capturing the stories of British Somalis through creative practices informed by the intersections of Black and Islamic feminist thought and practice.