Mary Mannion is a former professional contemporary dancer. She holds a BPA (Hons) Degree and Postgraduate Diploma in performance from Northern School of Contemporary Dance and has performed across Europe for the last nine years. After completing a Creative Writing course at Central Saint Martins, writing has become her creative output, with a keen focus on human rights and activism. In 2018 she wrote a contemporary dance performance piece called I Have Never Seen This, which she is currently sharing with audiences in the U.K.