I spent my childhood in under-funded youth theatre groups in the suburbs of Stockholm. Where I got to write skits, make short films, sing, dance and perform but most importantly, learnt the basics of production out of pure necessity. 

After finishing school I moved to London to pursue a career in film, and ended up working as a film editor, mostly on documentaries. The drive to tell stories took me to places like Congo Kinshasa, Western Sahara and Palestine before everything came to a halt when I was, out of the blue, diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 24. 

That experience, and especially its aftermath, the so-called “cancer hangover” once in regression. Was something I hadn't seen being portrayed on screen in a relatable way. It made me realise I was at the wrong end of the storytelling spectrum, should I change that.