Anisa Haghdadi has won multiple awards for social enterprise, youth development and cultural leadership and was awarded a British Empire Medal, aged 23, for Services to Education and Young People and is the youngest person to receive an Honorary Doctorate from Aston University as part of their 50 Year celebrations recognising ‘pioneers of change’.  Anisa is an UnLtd Fast Growth Winner 2014, which “backs ambitious entrepreneurs solving Britain’s social problems at scale” and was most recently recognised by The Observer and NESTA in 2016 as one of 50 new radicals changing the UK for the better.

Based in Birmingham, She is CEO of Beatfreeks which includes Young Giant, Doink Tank and Free Radical initiatives.

This was shot as part of my #BrumCreatives portrait project at Town Hall Birmingham.