Aref Masoumi

Brainstormer, Environmentalist, Explorer

Currently, an undergraduate student at the University of East Anglia in the UK studying Environmental Sciences and International Development. An enthusiastic traveller having lived and extensively travelled through south-east Asia and Europe. A bilingual and multicultural individual having grown up in Iran during my teenage years and in the UK since.

Passionate about widening participation in education and its impacts on people's daily life and choices. Interested in increasing awareness and participation in environmental causes. for example, I have delivered presentations at European sustainable farming conferences and have been a youth leader representing the UK to organise funding from Erasmus+ programme which led to our most recent project in Sweden, 'youth4sustainability', where the youth learnt about permaculture, construction of green buildings and global environmental threats and solutions.

Emotional Intelligence and Male Mental Health

Agroecology, Environmental Sciences, International Development Studies, Youth Engagement

Being a millennial, I grew up with the internet. I first found out about TED talks when I was very young and always enjoyed watching them. They helped me discover new concepts and ideas I have never come across or considered. Upon starting my undergraduate degree, I joined the TEDx student society and was chosen to be the vice-president of the society to help with organising university's TEDx event which gave me a taste of what it takes to attend and organise one.

Identifying tree species, Horse-riding and Horticulture.