I am an autistic Irish psychology student, disability policy consultant, designer, and writer based in Amsterdam and Dublin.
My academic interests and lived experience lie at the intersection of psychology, disability, neuroscience and social justice, and ultimately converge around a single question: the effects of disadvantage on human beings. My work explores how structural inequality shapes health, participation and wellbeing, and how evidence-based policy and scientific research can reduce those harms.
I am currently completing a BSc in Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, with a minor in Genes, Cognition, and Behaviour. My bachelor’s thesis in psychophysiology, conducted as part of the ALIVE (Improving Adolescent Mental Health by Reducing the Impact of Poverty) study, examined the interaction between poverty, abuse, depression and heart rate variability in adolescents.
Alongside my academic work, I am involved in disability advocacy and policy consultation through Disability RendezVU and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam’s Disability Services, working to improve accessibility and ensure disabled students have a meaningful voice in institutional policy development.
My wider interests include structural inequality, trauma, neurodivergence, psychedelic research, public engagement, and the relationship between technology, health and human behaviour. I am particularly interested in interdisciplinary approaches that integrate psychology, physiology, environment and culture to improve quality of life and reduce barriers to participation.
Outside academia, I continue to work across writing, design and community building, and have held leadership roles within the Dutch psychedelic community, including the Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA) and the Psychedelic Society of the Netherlands.
I am always interested in opportunities relating to disability policy, psychology, neuroscience, research, writing, design, and public engagement.
