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My journey began when I was 10 years old. I was diagnosed with a hereditary predisposition to high cholesterol levels, which meant that I needed to take great care to ensure that I ate a healthy, balanced diet, and understood why I had to follow specific guidelines in my daily life. This experience led me to study nutrition as an undergraduate and conduct research into the factors that cause obesity and health-related problems in young people.

I completed my Bachelor's degree in nutrition and dietetics with first-class honours in 2014. My academic performance from 2010 to 2011 earned me an achievement award from the State Scholarship Foundation, which helped me secure a scholarship for my studies. In 2013, I was selected as a Research Assistant at the World Health Organization, where I took anthropometric measurements of children aged 6-10 years old for the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI).

During my studies, I worked as a Food Analyst Research Assistant where my team and I developed innovative food products aimed at improving people's health. Our research focused on studying the effects of different food ingredients on the body and their synergies. In addition to this, I was also a Nutritionist and Dietitian Researcher at the "Alliance for Health - Nutrition" program. This program focused on international nutrition education programs to address degenerative diseases. I conducted nutritional assessments, provided education on healthy dietary habits and behavioural changes in people with cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and diabetes in three different cities in Greece.

Upon completion of my studies, I was fortunate offered the position of an International Public Health Research Assistant at the University of Westminster. My primary role in this position was to develop research proposals for the UK's Public Health Nutrition program.

In 2015, I received the Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship for Research to pursue my PhD in Medicine at the University of Nottingham's Department of Child Health, Obstetrics, and Gynaecology. My research focuses on identifying factors that stimulate brown adipose tissue in healthy adults and patients, with the aim of finding ways to activate this tissue to help people lose weight. Apart from being a researcher, I was also involved in the endocrine and bariatric clinics at the Royal Derby Hospital, where I observed patients' treatment. I was an active member of the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Mentorship Scheme Working Group as a postgraduate representative and served as a postgraduate research student on the People Committee at the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham.

During my studies, I had the opportunity to deliver presentations to classes of 20-25 children aged 9-10 years in different schools as part of the "Body and Health Learning Leaders Project". The presentations included hands-on activities and quizzes regarding human anatomy and nutritional information. I also achieved an Associate Fellowship (AFHEA) from the Higher Education Academy during this time. Before finishing my studies and starting my own business, I worked in the private sector as a clinical evaluation researcher and technical writer in medical devices. This gave me the opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of how medical devices, such as pacemakers or blood sugar monitors, work on human bodies. Additionally, I was given the opportunity to intern as a Paediatric Dietitian at the NHS. Throughout the years, I have had the honour of being a reviewer at several prestigious journals, including the British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, Scientific Research Publishing, Journal of Bioscience and Medicines, and Food and Nutrition Sciences. This has allowed me to stay up-to-date with the latest developments in my profession. Since 2020 I have been providing nutritional and educational training to businesses and orgranisations.

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I have volunteered in key positions to help my local community grow bigger. I have been to events at the University of Nottingham promoting healthy eating, being an ESOL volunteer English teacher at beginner and intermediate level to immigrants and refuges and being a volunteer at Diabetes UK. 

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I have won the Nottingham Advantage Award from the University of Nottingham in 2019, being shortlisted for Leadership Prize Award by Mars in 2019 and the Bronze Futures Award from the University of Derby in 2023 for my career development.