Andria Zafirakou, MBE (2018 Global Teacher Prize winner) is a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent. Andria was born in north-west London to Greek-Cypriot parents and state-educated in Brent and Camden. She is an art and textiles teacher in Brent on the outskirts of London, one of the world’s most ethnically diverse places. She is passionate about education and changing the lives of young people and undeserved communities through creativity. She has worked her entire teaching career of 16 years at Alperton Community School is now an Associate Deputy Headteacher leading on Staff Development , Diversity and Transitions. Using the prize money awarded by the Global Teacher Prize, Andria founded a charity called Artists in Residence (AiR) with an aim to improve arts education in schools.