Born Curious was born from three perspectives that are rarely found together in a single founder. Most educational programmes are built by academics, or by entrepreneurs who see a market, or by parents who want something better for their own children. Born Curious sits at the intersection of all three — which is exactly why it is uniquely positioned to lead this movement. As an experienced senior school leader and qualified Headteacher, I watched children arrive at school bursting with questions, imagination and wonder. I also watched how easily those qualities became overshadowed by the pressure to produce correct answers, meet targets and seek approval. I understood from the inside how educational systems — despite the best intentions — can gradually train curiosity out of children. Not through malice. Not through indifference. But through the relentless pressure of a system designed to measure compliance rather than cultivate potential. I didn't leave education because I stopped believing in children. I left because I believed in them too much to accept what the system was asking them to become. As an Adult Educator, I now work with adults rebuilding skills they should never have lost: confidence, creativity, resilience and the courage to trust their own thinking. The adults who struggle most are rarely the least capable. They are often the sharpest people in the room — but they learned early that getting things wrong was dangerous. These patterns began in childhood. Sitting with adults who are unlearning a decade of self-doubt — who are relearning how to take a risk, voice an idea, or trust their own judgement — made one thing crystal clear to me: the cost of losing curiosity early is paid for a lifetime. If we can protect curiosity in childhood, we may never need to rebuild it in adulthood. That is the mission. As a mother to four-year-old twin girls, I experience curiosity in its purest, most unfiltered form every single day. The relentless questions. The imaginative play. The determination to figure things out. The joy of discovering something new.