Igrew up in north London, in Edgware. We were the first nonwhite family on our street, and I think I saw the impact of that from a very young age, with the sense of not belonging and not feeling welcome in the environment that we were in.
I grew up with a sort of instability in that sense, although stability was provided by my family. Being the only girl, the youngest of three, either I would join in with my brothers or be left out, and my mother encouraged me to join them and that meant playing football, playing cricket or whatever other sport it was. My mother was a keen sportswomen herself, so that is really how I got into sport and I just loved everything.
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