Natasha’s allergies didn’t define her confidence, character or stop her from achieving her milestones, ambitions and dreams.

The beautiful Emma Barnett, a BBC broadcaster, presented me with the Game Changer Award in honour of ‘…exceptional contributions to improving food safety and advocating for people living with allergies.’

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Once I’m on the plane, I look at the gangway, the narrow space where I have been told Natasha lay unconscious.

"Didn't she have an EpiPen?" This question is often on people’s minds after hearing or reading about what happened to Natasha.

Natasha had multiple food allergies and asthma. Had she lived, she would now be 23 years old. What I personally find very upsetting, is that many of you have had similar allergy diagnosis journeys as ours and yet ours was over two decades ago.

Allergy anxiety is something I still struggle with, and this has proved a challenge for me at university with moving away, living with strangers and ultimately leaving the comfort zone of my home. However, I truly believe that this change has also been the making of me, as a person with allergies.

It still amazes me how so many people know her story. They may not always remember her name, but they always remember the incident very clearly - as I confirm, “Yes, that was my daughter, Natasha.”

Only allergy parents truly understand the impact that allergies have on their children's lives. For some of us, food allergies have stolen firsts, special moments and what should have been, untainted happy memories.