Ida is a registered mental health nurse, a specialist community public health nurse, and a clinical academic with extensive experience in acute and community healthcare services. Her professional interests have centred on improving health and wellbeing of the most vulnerable populations, which has led to a career in safeguarding. Ida holds a Master of Science degree in Safeguarding Children and Young People, obtained at the University of Greenwich. Her PhD project aims to co-design an intervention to improve help and support of racially minoritised children whose parents engage with adult mental health services.