Online Tutor Samah

I came up with the idea of starting a school food magazine called 'The Foodie'. Starting the magazine with no printing funds was extremely challenging. With no previous experience with magazines and printing, I had to think carefully about how advertising works. To overcome this challenge, I did some research, worked out reasonable prices for adverts and then created a sample on my laptop of what an advert in the magazine would look like. After showing several restaurants near my school a sample advert costing £50, I managed to raise £300 for printing. The final product created a huge impact across the school and the circulation was excellent as we managed to sell all of the 250 copies in four days.

I participated in a Community Project in Malawi to help expand ‘Joshua Secondary School’. This two week project gave me the opportunity to work as a team with a range of different people to help build an Assembly Hall that will benefit hundreds of less fortunate children in the area. Overcoming the problems that I was faced with was challenging but very rewarding throughout the project. Before the trip, I organised a sponsored bike ride that raised £1220 for the charity that we worked with - ‘Joshua Orphan and Community Care’.

I won the STEM Challenge at Leeds University. My love of baking and fascination with the chemistry behind it helped me to design a healthy food product ...