Transformational Power of Stories, Experiences & Ideas.

Living with this reality taught me to recognise small signals of safety and risk, and to understand how environments (homes, workplaces, and communities) can either protect or expose people. This awareness guided me into a career in social housing and community safety, where I combined lived experience with professional expertise to support people navigating harm, uncertainty, or displacement. I saw firsthand that issues of safety are not abstract; they affect financial stability, wellbeing, and sense of self.

Over time, my need to understand these patterns more deeply led me into academia. Studying critical criminology provided the tools to connect personal experience of stalking to broader research on state harms, systemic violence, power, and community responses. I now combine first-hand experience with academic study and professional practice to analyse how stalking, coercive control, and systemic failure intersect.

This journey has also led me to found Hilton & McEwan Stalking Intervention and Prevention CIC and to develop the Hilton & McEwan Learning Network. Together with a growing network of associates, we create and share evidence-based interventions, training, and resources. Our mission, #SLFA (Safer Living For All), focuses on reducing risk, supporting survivors, and building safer, informed communities.