After graduating with a Masters degree in Russian and Art History in 1998, she later went on to take a photojournalism and documentary photography programme at the International Centre of Photography in New York in 2001. She has worked on editorial assignments and for international NGOS, including Amnesty International, UNICEF and War Child in the Middle East and Africa. From 2011 to 2014, she designed and facilitated community and youth photography workshops in Northern Ireland and Somaliland. She is currently based in Lebanon and is enrolled in a Postgraduate Laws programme at the University of London specialising in Human Rights.