Gwyneth Ataderie is a British-born Nigerian Occupational Therapist based in London. Having qualified in 2013 from The University of Northampton, Gwyneth has a broad range of experience working in community settings such as social services, acute community adult mental health services and, more recently, children and adolescents’ mental health services. Alongside her professional career, she has previously been able to facilitate support groups for Black Women who live with mental health conditions to strongly advocate for more positive mental health experiences within the Afro-Caribbean Community. As well as her current role as a Specialist Occupational Therapist in CAMHS, Gwyneth has recently taken up the role of a school governor for a local specialist education school sitting on the safeguarding committee within this role. Gwyneth is also an active mentor supporting students and junior occupational therapists of colour. She is currently leading a project within her trust to develop a BAME allied health professions mentoring scheme to support the ongoing needs of the BAME AHP workforce. She was recognised for her efforts within this project and subsequently awarded the supporting diversity award in the WLMHT AHP conference award ceremony. Within her experiences, Gwyneth has always had a keen interest in service improvement. In each of her roles, she has been able to develop and shape services to improve overall outcomes for service users.