THE STORY BEHIND WORKING THEORY
I studied Mathematics and Statistics at Imperial College London and am currently completing research in mathematics, geometry and computer vision.
After my degree, I began following questions into unfamiliar places. Could rainforest recordings help detect poachers and protect elephants? Could airborne laser surveys reveal landscapes hidden beneath a forest canopy? What could drone imagery tell us about a changing coastline? Those questions became projects I worked on, alongside generative AI research at BMW and data engineering with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
There were other classrooms, too. Swimming took me to five Italian national titles in the 200m butterfly. Freediving took me below the surface and into instructor training. I studied French cooking at École Alain Ducasse and worked as a sous chef in Barcelona. In a kitchen, you try something, taste it, adjust it and try again. I want students at Working Theory to experience that same freedom to experiment, with someone beside them who can help.
Teaching has run alongside all of this since 2014: nearly 10,000 hours of individual and small-group lessons, residential mentoring across seven countries, and teaching first-year mathematics students at Imperial.
In a lesson, I often ask a student to explain an idea back to me. A pause, a question or an unexpected explanation can tell us where to go next. That exchange is hard to replace with another page of exercises or another video.
As more education moved onto screens, I found myself missing that human contact: someone who notices how you’re thinking, takes an interest in your questions, and stays with you while an idea takes shape. I founded Working Theory to make room for those conversations and for projects whose outcome you don’t already know.
Working Theory brings high school and university students into pods of three, guided by researchers and industry professionals over four months. Students have a weekly mentor meeting, support between sessions, and a project to build together.
We also plan optional local meetups with mentors, based on location, shared interests and availability. I want the connections made here to have room to grow beyond a screen.
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