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Jacqueline Gomes-Neves | Prince William Scholarship

Jacqueline Gomes-Neves | Prince William Scholarship

Jacqueline is awarded the Prince William Scholarship to support an MA in Television Journalism at City University. Jacqueline grew up on the Coldharbour Ward in Brixton, which has some of the highest rates of serious youth violence, murder, crime, poverty, and teenage pregnancy in Britain.

Knowing that I have the support of BAFTA behind me so early in my television career makes me feel better equipped to overcome obstacles that I may have otherwise faced alone. 

In 2014-16, she was elected as the first-ever female Youth Mayor and Member of the UK Youth Parliament for Lambeth in a bid to act as a voice for her poverty and lack of opportunities for social mobility in her community. Whilst studying British Politics and Legislative Studies at the University of Hull, where she spent a year shadowing the UK's Deputy Prime Minister, she realised that she had a passion and talent for media content that challenged and raised awareness of under-represented topics pertaining marginalised women and human rights. Her activism has led to her being invited as a speaker for the UN on race relations, the UK Civil Service, and at City Hall. Her work has been featured on SKY, BBC, Forbes, GQ Magazine, Virgin Media, and the Metro.

Jacqueline hopes her MA at City University will sharpen her production and visual storytelling skills. She will use this to build her own show, The Gomez Show. The show will raise aspirations for young people from low-income backgrounds and shine a light on leaders who have overcome obstacles and have disrupted their sector.

Jacqueline said: "Receiving this scholarship has been a confidence booster for me. Knowing that I have the support of BAFTA behind me so early in my television career makes me feel better equipped to overcome obstacles that I may have otherwise faced alone. I look forward to working with my mentor over the next year to create socially and politically conscious content that will make an impact and change people's lives."