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Ruzwana Bashir

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Founder/CEO : experiences platform w/ over $3bn in bookings. Board member @SoFi & scout investor for Sequioa.Nerdy Oxford & Harvard grad. YGL @WEF

New York, NY

https://t.co/vooPPCQfiH

Joined June 2010

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Ruzwana Bashir

2 years

Wow, honored to win EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award in NYC last night!! Receiving it on behalf of the brilliant 300-person @Peek team & my cofounder @oskarbruening . Crazy to think how far we’ve come from near death in 2020 to an $80M round a yr later & so much more to come 🚀

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10 years

The most important article I've ever written. I hope it can make a difference. http://t.co/1hZ9UJIGdi

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5 years

I don’t know what the big deal is.. I get invited to cool stuff all the time. @RMac18 @karaswisher

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1 year

Last bit of Patagonia porn 😜. Torres del Paine is easily in the top handful of most beautiful places I’ve ever been 😍

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Ruzwana Bashir

4 years

On top of the world 🌎

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

Thx to the Guardian for placing my op-ed on their front page.We have to challenge the taboos&tackle abuse everywhere http://t.co/Kc9DWv3Iq6

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Ruzwana Bashir

3 years

Thrilled to announce @Peek ’s $80 million Series C investment from WestCap & Goldman Sachs! With $2bn in bookings, we’re just getting started on our mission to connect the world through experiences 🏄🏼‍♀️🎨🧗🏾‍♀️🚁🗽🏕🚴🏻‍♂️🍻. We’re tripling the team so come join us!

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Peek raises $80M as its travel experiences software and marketplace business passes $2B in bookings...

Travel and tourism are slowly starting to move again in the wake of COVID-19 crashing over the world and sending us to shelter in place. Today a company

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Delighted to share the news of our $23M Series B & partnerships! Thank you to everyone who helped us get here- our team (past& present), investors (welcome @Cathayinnov !) & supporters. It will help accelerate our mission to connect the world through experiences. p.s. we're hiring

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6 years

Peek raises $23M and inks partnership with Google in push to digitize travel activities by @jonrussell

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

Thx @FortuneMagazine - proud to be a British-Pakistani immigrant building my startup in 🇺🇸

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good [people] to do nothing.” - Edmund Burke

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4 years

. @Peek 's COVID comeback. After hitting $1bn in bookings in Jan, we were at zero in Apr. With the tenacity & creativity of the thousands of activities businesses we partner with &hard work from our team, we recovered to help millions of Americans book fun, local experiences safely

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With pivots and new products, these 6 travel companies are thriving during the pandemic

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Enjoyed visiting Italy w/ Brunello Cucinelli and talking about humanism, tech & how to make sure @Peek has a positive impact on the world. Promise no photoshopping in these ;)

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2 years

Made it to Thailand 🏝

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Ruzwana Bashir

9 years

1 minute on the Internet: 204 million emails 4m Google searches 2.5m Facebook shares 417k Tinder swipes 277k Tweets http://t.co/Dr6oJ5V3Yr

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

I'm so proud of Khizr & Ghazala Khan for speaking up.Their courage inspires me, reminds me of why I moved to America

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

That “I’ve been eating bread & cheese all day in the sunshine” glow 🧀🥖☀️

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; &to do so w/ some passion,some compassion,some humor & some style"-Maya Angelou

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Spoke to 12,000 pple about @Peek & entrepreneurship! Reminded everyone to have confidence in yourself (we’re often our worst critics), be willing to work harder than others & to stay persistent. Also pizza + choc+ >8hrs sleep = my best way to recover after the toughest days.

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

Yosemite Falls is awe-inspiring. Love that the trees are so tall they sway in the wind. Can't wait to visit again!

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Had so much fun sharing the @Peek story with the 20k attendees here in Utah - congrats @siliconslopes on an amazing event! Thank you :)

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5 years

Ruzwana Bashir CEO Peek. Amazing journey from Northern England to Silicon Valley! Would follow this leader anywhere! #leadership @ruzwana #siliconslopes @peek #SSTS19

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

Big news! @peek raised $10m, rockstar Trulia founder @peteflint joined our Board &we're partnering w/ @Yelp .Go team!

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Travel site Peek raises $10 million

New partnership with Yelp offers access to more customers.

www.usatoday.com

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Ruzwana Bashir

4 years

So terrifically sad, there are no words 💔. RIP @leilajanah , you taught me so much and your legacy lives on.

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

No trip’s complete without a glacier selfie. Falling in ❤️ with Patagonia. #experiences

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Ruzwana Bashir

2 years

Thanks @nytimes & @AudemarsPiguet for including me in your ICONS feature. Not sure I count, but I’ll take any excuse to dress up in florals 🌸

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Ruzwana Bashir

4 years

At home in the Big 🍎. It’s def getting some bad press these days, but I’m excited to be here and be part of creating the new New York, post-pandemic and hopefully more energetic and vibrant than ever. Long live NYC🗽

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

Thx to those sharing the article & engaging on issues of abuse & shame. I'm flying for the next 14hrs, look fwd to continuing convos after.

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

✔️Bucket list: Antelope Canyon. Wish every weekend was like this!

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Happy New Year from 💦 Patagonia! Here it turns from sun to rain in an instant, rather like life.I hope we all have lots of sunshine, laughter,joy & adventures in 2019. Plus the wisdom to accept rainy days,to see the bright side &stop to smell the roses. Esp when they match ur 👗

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

My first time in Yosemite! Hands down the most epic natural beauty I've ever hiked through. ❤️❤️❤️

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4 years

Istanbul 🕌

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

You know you're officially a grown up when you start buying flowers for yourself. 🌹

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5 years

English summer wedding fun 💒

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Each time I do long trips &get off the grid,I’m reminded how lucky we are to be in an age where it’s so easy to see the most spectacular places on Earth&learn from incredible cultures. Now our responsibility is to preserve this for future generations.Also I like beaches. #Palawan

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Honored to be on the @nytimes Groundbreaker list! Great to see @Peek recognized as a groundbreaker in travel as we bring a $180bn mkt online & connect the world through experiences. We’ve powered 1.5bn hrs of activities & over $500m of bookings. So proud of the team! 🚲🧗‍♀️⛵️🌮🧩🐳

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Goodbye Philippines - you’ve been beautiful even in your stormy glory. Homeward bound and raring to go for a big 2018! Each trip always reminds me of how important our mission @Peek is - connecting the world through experiences.

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Ruzwana Bashir

8 years

1 wk in Bali: 3 places 2 mountains climbed 35 bug bites 14 mangoes consumed 6x yoga 0 articles read about Trump!

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Ruzwana Bashir

2 years

Always say yes when @ronanfarrow wants to take your 📸

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Ruzwana Bashir

4 years

Nature fix 🥾🥾

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Ruzwana Bashir

3 years

It’s International Women’s Day & sadly over 2 million women lost jobs in 2020 due to the pandemic. I’m donating 60 mins to mentor women in need of help & guidance. Reply here & I’ll share details on how we can connect. Join the effort to help us reach #2millionmentorminutes . #iwd

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Ruzwana Bashir

7 years

Sigiriya fortress, built in the 5th century. 1 of the world's 1st tourist sites w/ visitors from 6th-14th centuries.

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

Stop accumulating stuff & start accumulating experiences - proud that @Peek is part of this movement. http://t.co/LGUyAnJ6rs

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

The calm before the wedding pool party! #raveandreverence

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Really excited to be hosting an awesome event for Women in Tech in the @Peek office in Utah tomorrow!

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5 years

Don’t miss this incredible event tomorrow night to kick-off #SSTS19 . Details here:

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7 years

Peaceful moment by a babbling brook in Zion. Completely awed by the majesty of this place.

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Bye Utah. Loved the two weeks working here with the brilliant @Peek team. Was just getting used to the snow! ❄️❄️

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Grateful for a team that lets me buy velvet pink sofas for the office. p.s. we’re hiring!

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Ruzwana Bashir

7 years

Excited be a Finalist for the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award!! Building @Peek has been a team effort, so happy to celebrate w/ these OGs

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Ruzwana Bashir

7 years

Big Sur beauty for Thanksgiving. Hard not to be grateful with that breathtaking view.

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8 years

Now I understand why it's called Salt Lake City! Astounded by the beauty & grateful our 2nd @Peek office is in Utah!

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2 years

The calm before the wedding festivities kicked off 💃🏻💃🏻

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

So grateful for the kind words and the opportunity to share the @Peek story with the Utah tech community. Excited to be part of #SiliconSlopes

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6 years

One of the finest speakers I witnessed on day one. What a incredible story #SiliconSlopes #SSTS18 #ssts2018 @ruzwana

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Ruzwana Bashir

5 years

Fancy Monday night at the library

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5 years

✔️Bucket list: Horseshoe Bend 😍😍

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5 years

Happy International Women’s day! It’s day for us to recognize the achievements of brilliant women everywhere, and to acknowledge that our opportunity is sadly still very unequal. I grew up in a conservative, deeply patriarchal Pakistani community where women like my mother.. 1/

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

Wonderful to see #MalalaYousafzai win the Nobel Peace prize - let's support her mission to get every girl educated. http://t.co/Fr1ZKJhYyW

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6 years

Such a pleasure to speak @siliconslopes Tech summit - amazing to see over 10k pple & the burgeoning tech scene here. Our Utah office is hiring! Check out

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5 years

Escaping the rain in SF by holing up in our Paris conference room.. 💻 #Peeklife

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5 years

Casual Saturday afternoon perching on a precipice.

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6 years

Given the recent dossier news, let me be clear that these rumors are simply untrue. I never had a relationship with Boris Johnson. The Daily Mail had to take down an article suggesting otherwise some years ago.

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Merry Merry from Palawan! Found the sunshine and don’t want to ever leave.

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5 years

New NYC apartment, day 2. Who needs furniture when you have flowers?!

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7 years

Marveling at the Narrows, sheer cliffs of red rock created through millions of yrs of erosion. Waded waist deep in the river for the 'hike'!

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6 years

Today @thetimes published an apology to me & a correction for their inaccurate and offensive reference to me in their recent article about Boris Johnson's private life.

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Ruzwana Bashir

1 year

Living that gaucho life…. the turquoise of the lakes in Torres del Paine is created by the rock sediment left from the glacial erosion. Reminder that nature’s spectacular 😍😍

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1 year

Magical hike to bring in 2023! Going through 23km of pristine lakes, meadows and rivers, to climb up to hanging glaciers (even saw a couple of small avalanches). Impossible to capture how beautiful it was on a glorious & unusually sunny day 😍😍

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

Horrific-we must demand serious action in Rotherham &other towns where abuse of white & Pakistani children is endemic http://t.co/2WHTe1fUxp

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9 years

Wrote this 6 mnths ago-humbled to learn it was read by over 1 million pple & shared 68k times. http://t.co/26NtU5JsG0 http://t.co/CWKNd5Vg1q

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5 years

Weekend pit stop in London 💙💚

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6 years

Grateful to share how @Peek is revolutionizing the $150bn tours & activities mkt at the first panel on the topic at @Phocuswright (biggest conf in travel). Mobile’s changed our mkt, like the hotel industry 20 yrs ago, as everything is coming online & big businesses will be built.

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2 years

Merry Xmas from Thailand 🎄🏝

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7 years

Ok I'm ready to move to St Barts 😍😍😍😍 #nofilter

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4 years

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10 years

The sunset wasn't too bad either.. #thankful http://t.co/nW3Zkhxnwz

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8 years

Vacation begins! 3am hike to catch a stunning sunrise atop Mt Batur, an active volcano that's erupted 24x since 1800

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8 years

Another mountain climbed! Got an incredible view of Mon's peak,Mt Batur volcano & its crater rim & lake. #happyhiker

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

✔️Pakistani +✔️British = high risk of tea addiction. Turns out my desk can now serve as a small tea room. Tips welcome 🍵🍵🍵

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Today in Aug 2018, he’s no longer on probation, but hopefully unable to harm again. I’m grateful the world’s changed so much in 7 yrs, and for the #metoo movement giving voices to so many who felt powerless & alone. Now let’s not just survive, but let’s make sure we thrive. 🌸

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8 years

Hello Stockholm. Excited to be here to speak at the Brilliant Minds Symposium.

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5 years

Ice trekking on Petit Moreno glacier. Peered into insanely beautiful crevasses, surrounded by all encompassing natural beauty that made you look (and feel!) like ants. One of my favorite days ever! 😍😍😍 #experiences

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5 years

Fun techie dinner. More ladies, less photoshop ;)

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5 years

Summer days 🌺

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

This little guy hasn't got the hang of doing selfies just yet.. #orangutans #neardeathexperiences http://t.co/TMv8omuZ9W

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Ruzwana Bashir

4 years

Happy Labor Day weekend from New England! ☀️

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Ruzwana Bashir

10 years

Volcanoes everywhere! Snapped this on a flight... An unexpected but pretty incredible view. http://t.co/GjPJk3X2yh

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Naturally no evening is complete without the bathroom selfie. 📸 #GBx gala #BritsAbroad

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7 years

2000 yr old Buddhist ruins in Anuradhapura-when built this was the 3rd tallest building in the world after pyramids.

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5 years

SF in Spring ☀️

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6 years

Weekend in Montana.

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4 years

Behind the scenes 📺

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

Had fun speaking at Silicon Valley comes to the UK on building @Peek . Esp given my interviewer was Fatima Benkhaled, an electrical eng student at @KingsCollegeLon .Thx to @reidhoffman & @scoutu for bringing this together - excited to see the next gen of British entrepreneurs! 🇬🇧

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5 years

Shared my tips on last minute vacations & fun things to do from @Peek with the delightful @DanaPerino today. Hope everyone can fit in some more adventures before the summer’s over! 🧗🏽‍♀️🏄🏼‍♂️🎨🗽🏕🚣🏻‍♂️🏖

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7 years

Glammed up for a magical Tennessee wedding. #southernfancy #smokymountains

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8 years

Working in @Peek 's Utah office this coming week - squeezed in a glorious hike in Deer Valley beforehand! 😍😍

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8 years

Yorkshire at it's best - no rain, grazing sheep & the remains of the Bolton Abbey monastery.

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Ruzwana Bashir

6 years

In July 2011 I walked into a police station alone to report my childhood sexual abuse. A year later, alongside another victim, I testified in a trial for a successful prosecution, and our abuser then served around 5.5 years of his jail term.

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3 years

Evening walk 🍎

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1 year

Ilha Grande visit before heading home 🇧🇷😍

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6 years

#tbt to showcasing @Peek at the Code conference

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6 years

3am nerd out 🤓- kicked off my heels to wander around the museum! Magical to see this Hockney alone in the dead of night & then after sunrise again.His work has a special place in my heart because he grew up 20 miles away from me in Yorkshire,in not very inspiring circumstances..

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7 years

Kicking off a long weekend of exploring nature in Zion. Already a feast for the eyes! #experiences

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