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Anisa Haghdadi is a British social entrepreneur and a recipient of the British Empire Medal for Services to Education and Young People. Since the start of 2013 she has worked as Founder and CEO of Beatfreeks.
Anisa grew up in Birmingham, England, attending King Edwards VI Five Ways School, before graduating from Aston University in 2012 with a degree in Business and Management.
She set up her first social enterprise, Strictly Street, aged 15, and has since co-founded Fifteen Minute Trainer Ltd, Identity Dance Project Canis Major, and Beatfreeks - an award-winning social enterprise engaging young people in arts, training and leadership opportunities.
In 2012, after being awarded the Birmingham Young Professional of The Year Aspiring Talent Award, Haghdadi was invited to sit on the Birmingham Future Commission. In 2013, she was awarded a British Empire Medal for services to education and young people.
In 2015, Anisa was awarded Sky Academy Arts Scholarship for Creative Producing out of 1000+ applications to set up Doink which collects and communicates data in creative ways to help people make better decisions. Anisa produced a Data Rave to engage young people in the run up the EU Referendum 2016.
In 2016, Anisa was recognised as one of 50 New Radicals 'changing the UK for the better' by NESTA and The Observer and was celebrated on the front page of The Observer New Review on Sunday 10 July 2016.
In July 2016, Anisa was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Aston University.