Anna is the We Connect Coordinator, running our weekly activities, and working directly with the community to shape future programmes.

Whilst studying for her BA in English Literature, Anna became involved in confidential support helplines — volunteering first for Cambridge Nightline, then training as a Samaritans Listener after graduating. This inspired her to pursue a Psychology Master’s, with a dissertation specialising in conspiracy beliefs and online misinformation. She left with a passion for creating and sustaining community spaces as a means of combatting social isolation, political division and online harm.  

Anna came to Shoreditch Trust after working as an advocate for young women and girls across East London. As a born and raised south Londoner, she’s fairly new to the Hackney area, and is steadily trying out all the local dance classes she can find.