My first job was teaching people predominantly 50+ who were refugee and asylum seekers. The students were aged 65 all the way up to 85 and it was one of my favourite jobs.

At first I was anxious because the teacher who run the class before me was much more experienced than I was, but I think it was my approach to people rather than just my teaching skills that made it successful.

I think it was thinking outside the box, and not allowing age or disabilities to influence how I saw people's capabilities. Students had problems with hearing so I facilitated this by making sure that I put things in visual form. I made it fun. I think if you want anyone to learn it’s about making it playful. I did things like bingo games and role-play, so for example if we were learning about the body I would use things like Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.

When we'd learn the basic vocabulary of the body I would then go onto things like symptoms, and I would say okay so if you have to go to the doctor because you’ve got a pain in your head how would you let me know that? I wanted to have fun and engagement, then you are not limiting people. That’s the thing, whether you’re limiting a child or an older person, it’s when you see people as having limitations that the problems happen.