Talia Kensit is the founder and recent CEO of Youth Realities, having established the charity at 19 in response to her own direct experiences of relationship abuse when she was a young teenager. Since founding Youth Realities, Talia has supported young survivors of intimate partner violence by designing and implementing programmes, training sessions, workshops, and frameworks that center the needs and experiences of young people. Her work influences local communities, authorities, and care systems across London, empowering young people to overcome adversity and build resilience.

Talia has qualified as a Domestic Violence Service Manager and Youth Worker, and has achieved an MA in Women and Child Abuse from the Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit at London Metropolitan University. She was recently awarded a PhD Studentship at Northumbria University to research interdisciplinary responses to domestic abuse, focusing her work on young people’s experiences of harm. Talia also completed the New Chief Executives course at Bayes Business School, a trustee for Respect UK and is a fellow of both the Churchill Fellowship and Acumen Academy UK.