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Halls Life
Posted 3 days ago
Tue 06 Jan, 2026 09:01 AM
We are proud to introduce you to the new Community Leads and Content Creators for 2026! 👋🏡
Community Leads and Content Creators will work closely with the fabulous Halls Life team to deliver amazing events and capture content in your hall. Overseeing the Community Leads is the Community Support, offering peer to peer support. ✨
Their role responsibilites are:
The Community support heads up the team of Community Leads and offers peer to peer support and collaboration. They liaise between the Community Leads and the Halls Life team to help create a seamless student experience.
Community Leads will build a positive halls community by organising and running events and leading Here4U wellbeing activities and offerings. They will collaborate closely with the Halls Life team and site teams to enhance and maintain the overall student community.
Working alongside a Community Lead and the Halls Life team, Content Creators will produce material to promote events across social media, video, and also capture event photography. They will be creating relatable content, that showcases life in UAL halls.
Community Support
Himani Bhala (She/Her) - Community Support
Fun fact from Himani: “I always have a spontaneous travel story up my sleeve”
Community Leads
Joane Adekunle (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Archwood House
Fun fact from Joane: “I make and sell my own handmade jewellery!”
Saleema Hussain (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍The Costume Store
Fun Fact from Saleema: “I love discovering new places and living out ‘movie moments’, with my ever-growing Spotify playlists playing like the perfect soundtrack. For me, the quieter days are for enjoying a cup of tea (three sugars, always) and a good book or film.
Also, I must mention that I’m a major cat person - even if I’m currently cat-less at The Costume Store.”
Rucha Ghadge (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Highline Building
Fun Fact from Rucha: “I can always compromise on food, but I can never compromise on coffee :)”
Heeya Shewani (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Stratford One
Fun Fact from Heeya: “I take organising fun almost as seriously as my degree!🥳”
Yağmur Karabacak (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Glassyard Building
Fun Fact from Yağmur: “Still waiting for my Winx transformation… ✨️ but in spirit, I’ve always been Flora🌷 Sparkly, sensitive, and totally in love with nature.
Oh, and don’t forget my Belle side! 🌹 A book-loving, fantasy dreamer through and through. If you know, you know...😊”
Yashvi Jain (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Emily Bowes Court
Fun Fact from Yashvi: “I bake to relieve stress, which means everyone around me gets free desserts… so really, I’m providing a public service.”
Emma Chausse (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Portland House
Fun Fact from Emma: “I play Ice Hockey”
Lilly Cohen (She/Her) - Community Lead
📍Sketch House
Fun Fact from Lilly: “I worked on archaeological dig sites when I was an undergrad!”
Jasper Cushing (He/They) - Community Lead -
📍Furzedown Student Village
Fun Fact from Jasper: “Hi there! I’m Jasper, my fun fact is that I found a tiny, orphaned crochet shrimp walking to the tube station from uni one day and now I carry him everywhere with me, I named him Shrimp, naturally, and he has lots of friends as I’m a big teddy collector! :)”
Rio Lonsdale (She/Her) - Community Lead -
📍Gardens House
Fun Fact from Rio: “Hi I’m Rio! I’m studying Art Direction at LCC, I’m a Scorpio and I spent last year travelling around the world 😊"
Content Creators
Tasha Santiago (She/Her) - Content Creator
📍Sketch House/Emily Bowes Court
Fun Fact from Tasha: “Hi! I'm Tasha, a comic artist, illustrator and animator from Singapore, studying BA Graphic Branding and Identity at LCC. I'm the owner of a home-based bakery and specialise in making bespoke Italian macarons and bento cakes!”
Ibi Blessing Idara Fynema-Kalio (She/Her) - Content Creator
📍The Costume Store/Halls Life Campaigns
Fun Fact from Ibi: “Hi! My name is Ib (pronounced eye-be🐝) and a fun fact about me is that I value faith, joy and community! I also really enjoy creating visual art With Pinterest being my most used app 🖼️😆🎭 Nice to meet you!”
Jaleena Finney (She/Her) - Content Creator
📍Gardens House/Halls Life +
Fun Fact from Jaleena: “I recently discovered I have a real enjoyment for chess. Since moving to London I have immersed myself in the skill and culture of chess. This inspired me to direct and publish a short documentary on women in chess called “Moves that matter”.
Elo Kleinlercher (He/They) - Content Creator
📍Stratford One/Halls Life Campaigns
Fun Fact from Elo: “I’m adopted from Texas!”
Nora Binte Jumari (She/Her) - Content Creator
📍Archwood House/Portland House
Fun Fact from Nora: “I'm addicted to making lists. I make a list everyday”
Hafsah Awan (She/Her) - Content Creator
📍Glassyard Building/Highline Building
Fun Fact from Hafsah: “Justin Bieber followed me on Twitter for 9 years... and then unfollowed me last week.”
Roux Lomax (They/Them) - Content Creator
📍Furzedown Student Village/Cedars Hall
Fun Fact from Roux: “I have read the hunger games trilogy over 6 times!”
Your halls Community Leads and Content Creators will be running lots of exciting events in halls every week, so check out the Halls Life events tab to see what's coming up in your hall! 🏡
