Nicole
Joint Director
I have always been inspired by the energy and creativity of children and young people, and their potential to create positive change in the world. With that in mind mixed with my love of travelling and learning from others, I worked on community development and children's participation projects in Latin America. I then came and settled in London to do a MA in Education and International Development at the Institute of Education researching Latin America's working children's movement and young people’s participation.
Since then I have spent the last 20 years running local, national and international youth and community programmes. My work has focused on training and supporting young people to bring about social and environmental change in organisations such as We Are What We Do, Changemakers and Voices for Change.
Having always loved being in nature and experiencing the benefits of having my own hands in the soil, I became increasingly interested in involving people in wild nature and food growing in the middle of the city, as well as working at a more local level and developing deeper relationships with the community. This is how I found Global Generation where I have been happily working since 2010.