Meet a Changemaker: Soofia Amin, Assistant Head Teacher and Specialist Lead in Education at Kensington Primary School

Soofia is motivated by a desire to ensure that multilingualism is an asset in our communities; she welcomes families arriving from overseas, and supports them around their health and wellbeing. She has seen the discrimination and difficulties faced by people arriving in Newham around accessing services. Soofia aims to change people’s mindsets, and demonstrate how every family brings huge resource, knowledge and expertise. Soofia has lived in Newham for over 30 years and has had various roles including youth worker, community work with women seeking refuge, ESOL lecturer and now educational specialist in Kensington Primary School.