Our Team
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SAVANNAH BRITTO
Savannah is the Co-Founder of MAI Cultures, whose passion for wellbeing, mental health, and empowering young people is at the heart of everything she does.
With an academic background in Psychology (BSc and MSc), Savannah brings a deep understanding of how environment, neurodiversity, and emotional resilience shape young lives. She is driven by a mission to ensure every young person, regardless of their circumstances, has the space and support to truly thrive. -
REANNAH BRITTO
Reannah co-founded MAI Cultures to reimagine how young people in overlooked communities are seen, supported, and empowered through structural harm. As the Former Senior Youth Advisor to the Mayor of London, Reannah has a deep commitment to justice and better outcomes for young people. Her lived experience is her guiding light in shaping her perspective.
Reannah is leading MAI into bold, necessary conversations about wellbeing, opportunity, and the spaces we grow in. Her work is grounded, intentional, and always future-facing — building something that doesn’t just respond to the world as it is, but imagines what it could be.
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SAM ELBAHJA
Sam Elbahja is a Moroccan-Thai poet, artist, and aspiring architect studying at Cambridge University. Her work blends storytelling, architecture, and socio-economic awareness, emphasising a bottom-up approach that values community input over designer authority.
A published poet, her work has been featured internationally and integrated into architectural engagement initiatives such as Open City and Heatherwick Studio’s Humanise Campaign. She is committed to multidisciplinary, people-centric design, believing that architecture should serve the communities it inhabits.