I have recently completed a DPhil in Portuguese. My thesis looked at projects of adaptation in post-independence Angolan cinema, exploring the different ways in which Angolan directors engaged with literature from both Portuguese-speaking and other global contexts. More broadly, my research focuses on contemporary film and visual culture from the Lusophone world. I am particularly interested in processes of translation and adaptation, in all their forms.

Before coming to Oxford for my DPhil, I completed a BA in Modern and Medieval Languages (Portuguese and Spanish) at the University of Cambridge, and a MA in Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. Before university, I attended non-selective state schools in Huddersfield.

I am currently Programme Coordinator at the Queen’s Translation Exchange (QTE), a research and languages advocacy centre based at the Queen’s College, Oxford. I am responsible for QTE’s youth and public engagement programmes, including the Creative Translation Ambassadors scheme and the Anthea Bell Prize for Young Translators, an annual translation competition for secondary school students in the UK. In 2025, over 22,000 students took part in the Anthea Bell Prize competition. Previously, at QTE, I was Coordinator for Polly Barton's 2022-23 Translation Residency/TORCH HCP Visiting Fellowship, entitled "The Visible Translator".

In 2025-26, I will be Departmental Lecturer in Portuguese at Wadham College.
 

Teaching

At the University of Oxford, I have taught on modern and contemporary literature and film from across the Portuguese-speaking world. This has included lectures on the literatures of Portuguese-speaking Africa (Paper XI) and Brazilian cinema (Paper XII). I also teach Portuguese into English translation.

At the University of Cambridge, I have supervised students on Mozambican cinema for PG3 and PGA3 – Introduction to the Language, Literatures and Cultures of the Portuguese-speaking World.
 

Articles

“‘What Else Do You Expect in a City With No Trees?’: Climate Justice, Crisis and Resistance in Ar Condicionado (2020)”, in Sustainability and Innovation, special issue of Question Journal, vol. 7, 2022, pp. 42–50