My network is evolving right now, and I have faced a couple of challenges along the way. I am sure that they will continue to happen, but I will not stop until I find the correct network that can help me achieve my goals. I have started by reaching out to influencers in Colombia who have openly discussed their struggles with food and body image. I have only received one response, and I am waiting to see who else I can contact who might be helpful in this area. I have also started reaching out to several organizations that are trying to combat this in various ways, such as NAAFA (BBC). However, I have also started to reach out to several support groups dealing with eating disorders, but want to find more to reach out to and will continue to research this is a challenge because a lot of these groups are very closed, and the people participating in some of them might not want to discuss their struggles since this is something that is still very taboo in a lot of societies. I also have reached out to several artists, including Ally Z, who creates pieces about her experience with her several eating disorder struggles and how it looks different at several times and what it means to her (Ally). I have also started looking at more artists with a similar goal whom I could contact. I also was able to look at some of the previous projects that were done in the masters that are relevant to my topic and decided to contact them as well to see what similarities they might have and ways in which they could help me complete a meaningful project tis artists are Shuang Zheng who looked at eating disorders in China and how there could be a change on education (Zheng). One thing that I discussed with my tutor is the fact that I want to do something after I graduate pertaining fashion, marketing, journalism or PR and I want to try to build a network around it in order to create something that can help when I graduate as well which includes reaching out to different magazines as news papers and some different media outlets as well as experts in this fields that I might find and I will continue to work on who else is relevant in my network. One person I have access to, whom I had not even realized, is my aunt, who I actually have had several conversations with this past week, since she is an activist in Colombia and has been involved in aspects pertaining to our culture, and our conversations actually led me to look at my project from many different angles that one might not even realize are possibilities. However, I am aware that plans might change, since networking is very challenging and it can be hard to get a response at times. I will have to look at different people than the ones I have planned, but everything is doable if I stay persistent, even when it is hard.
(No date) Eat well – Shuang Zheng – Ual Showcase. Available at: https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/510139/cover (Accessed: 21 May 2026).
What is the history of body positivity? (2023) BBC Bitesize. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2w7dp3 (Accessed: 20 May 2026).
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