Nysha Chantel Givans proudly embraces her working-class heritage and is currently pursuing a Professional Doctorate in Education at the University of Wolverhampton. Her research focuses on the challenges faced by marginalised groups from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Nysha explores the impact of communitarianism through methodologies such as autoethnography, film analysis and literary text examination. Nysha has presented her research at various prestigious conferences, including BERA ECR Journey: At Crossroads of Becoming, Learner Voice Conference, the Working-Class Studies Association (New York), the Alliance of Working-Class Academics (Scotland), Anti Racism Working Group (York St John University), Cardiff Metropolitan University and the School of Education (University of Wolverhampton. She has also presented a workshop at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. Additionally, she is collaborating with the All Means All Project in Göttingen writing a chapter for an ERASMUS funded project.