I am currently writing-up my PhD thesis for a research project I have conducted over the last four years at The Open University. Before that I was teaching for five years in London at colleges, a university, and gaining research experience through research collaborations. As part of the British African diaspora, and having spent my childhood in four countries across Europe and Africa, I am extremely fascinated by the formation of identities, and the significance of identities in education and employment. I am currently moving into the use and formation of cultural mentors, and how young people culturally appropriate their heritage.