Katy is 22 years old, and founded Child Aid Gambia alongside her father when she was twelve. She is a student Occupational Therapist, and works to help disabled and marginalised people in both the UK and The Gambia to reach their full potential. Despite the difficulties she has had to face in her personal life, including a diagnosis of cerebral palsy and the loss of her mother to breast cancer aged five, Katy is determined to share love and compassion around the world.
In April 2016 Katy won the 18th Jane Brownlee Scholarship at Aylesbury High School,Katy and her father Chris were awarded the Keys to the capital city of Banjul in 2017, for their part in providing the Ndangan Water Project and ongoing support for impoverished children in The Gambia.