Hannah Edwards

Head of Participation and Engagement, Praesidio Safegaurding

Hannah is the Head of Participation and Engagement at Praesidio, where she leads work with TikTok’s Global Youth Council as well as a number of other participation projects. She is deeply committed to empowering young people and improving their experiences in the digital world. With over a decade of experience in the education sector, Hannah has served as a senior leader in a secondary education setting and spent a number of years as a classroom practitioner and pastoral leader. Hannah has also worked within the voluntary sector, coordinating the NSPCC’s programs for schools and delivering safeguarding programs to young people and key stakeholders. She is a fluent Welsh speaker and bilingually facilitates youth participation work for the Welsh Government.