I've been involved in Nepal and women's rights for 20 years. A journalist and photographer, I moved into filmmaking in 2013. My first short doc, There's Something About Molly, won Best Short Documentary at the Good Dog Film Festival in Sydney, 2016. I've gone on to make several short films including The Wonderful Walk (29', 2019) about the Guinness World Record-beating creation of a 40m community mural. I'm a Trustee of GlobalGirl Media UK, empowering young women through digital media training.

My Nepal connection goes back to an article I wrote in 1998 about sex trafficking, after which I co-founded Asha Nepal, a charity supporting trafficked women in Nepal. I adopted my daughter Simi, now a singer-songwriter, from Nepal in 2002. In 2006, we went to live in Pokhara, where I ran a photo project for disadvantaged girls. That's where I met Belmaya, then 14, who is subject and co-director of my feature documentary. I Am Belmaya (2020) is my first feature-length film.