At the age of fourteen, Ishaan (16 years old currently) saw a documentary which changed his life. He learnt how children around the world were being exploited and forced into slavery. After talking about the programme, the at school, he discovered that none of the people in his year group (156 boys) were aware of this issue. It was from that moment that he was committed to raising awareness of slavery and human trafficking in a way young people could engage with.

In 2017 at the age of fourteen, he founded Stolen Dreams, a website and communications organisation to get young people to engage with and actively drive positive action around human trafficking. Since then, he has spread his message widely across social media, podcasts and through public speaking, speaking and teaching lessons at schools across the country.

He engages young people in the issue of slavery and human trafficking, getting them talking about slavery – communicating what is a tremendously difficult and harrowing topic, with warmth and compassion.