Pronounced: ‘lila el-mehtwee’ - Pronouns: she/her

Pride in Education Founder and Co-Director
Laïla is an award winning Equity Educator working for lemeducation.com with over 30 years experience in Education and Inclusion in the public and private sector.

Laila is passionate about social justice and is the Founder of Pride in Education and Educating Out Racism

In 2018, she founded Proud London Councils, the pan London LGBTQ+ Staff network for local authorities in the British capital.

In 2021, she also founded and co-chairs UK Queer Arabs.

Honoured as Stonewall Lesbian Role Model of the Year (2020) and named on the Guardian Pride Power List 2021, Laila’s impact on the LGBTIQA+ community and beyond has been influential.

Pronouns: he/him

Co-Director Logistics and Operations

Kamran is a cis queer organisation transformation and change consultant specialising in workforce culture delivering strategic and operational transformation in the healthcare, education, central & local government and the not-for-profit & charity sectors. With over 10 years' experience Kamran's main areas of focus include:
Workforce strategy, policy and practices (the employee lifecycle and experience)
Digital, data and technology change
Physical workspace change
Operational, process and service delivery

Kamran has also led on the delivery of embedding anti-racist practices with local government and the charity sector and co-chaired an LGBTQ+ Staff network within local government and supported Laïla with the delivery of Proud London Councils, the pan London LGBTQ+ Staff Network for local authorities in the British Capital. Kamran continues to support through his work, the voices of the LGBTQ+ community and in particular those whose life experiences intersect multiple marginalisations.

Pronouns: she/they

Co-Director Social Media

Emma is a content creator and digital marketer, with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, who enjoys all things design and social media. They are passionate about LGBTQIA+ education and intersectional advocacy, and helping underrepresented voices feel heard.

When not making content, Emma also loves pop culture, cheesy 90’s boybands, and consuming everything around the Eurovision Song Contest.