Origin Story
Meet Mina - Our Story Guide
Mina is your narrator through the world of ThreadPoint Stories. She pops up in comics, workshops, and storybooks to help young people explore the built and digital worlds in a fun, gentle way.
She makes invisible systems feel human - and brings the magic of Infrastructure to life through storytelling.
You’ll spot her across our projects, connecting imagination with information.
Why I Started the Foundation
I grew up in Hackney, East London, before regeneration softened its edges.
Back then, the streets, and the sense of possibility, looked very different.
Some days, I’d take the bus to Canary Wharf, drawn by the gleam of glass and ambition on the horizon.
I’d walk between the towers, trail my hand along the cool slabs of stone,
and stare up at the sheer height and depth of the buildings around me, fascinated and wondering.
Who decides what gets built? How? And for whom?
No one had ever explained it to me - That there were drawings, decisions, data. That someone shaped it all.
I didn’t grow up knowing that the built environment was a world you could belong to, let alone lead in.
I fell into the industry without a map,
figuring it out like Bambi on ice: wide-eyed, unsure, but determined to stay upright.
“Over time, Bambi found her footing — and now she stands firm.”
That experience stayed with me.
It’s why I created the ThreadPoint Foundation.
To offer young people the kind of storytelling, access, and guidance I wish I’d had.
To help them find their footing earlier than I did.
And to show them that the world of design, data, and construction already belongs to them —
they just haven’t been invited in yet.
This work is deeply personal.
Because I know what it’s like to grow up curious but unseen —
And how everything can change when someone hands you the right thread to follow.