Were I to make a simplified timeline of my activism, it might look something like this:

2017 – Co-Founded Labour for an Independent Wales
2021 – I was the first ever openly pro-indyWales Welsh Labour candidate for the Senedd on the Mid & West Wales Regional List
2021 – Elected to the YesCymru central committee
2021 – Founded the Campaign for a National Poetry Library of Wales
2021 – 2022: Treasurer for the Arddleen and District Community Association
2022 – Stood as a Welsh Labour (paper) candidate for the County Council elections
2022 – Co-opted as a Town Councillor for Welshpool Town Council
2023 – Co-founded Cymru Republic
2024 – Represented Cymru Republic at the Association of European Republican Movements conference

However: that ignores all the minutiae. The hard yards. The sacrifices.

Considering my family needed free school meals, you might think me mad when you read how much of my own money I’ve spent on trying to help, trying to make a difference, and trying to change things for the better.