2009: Grade A in A-level Spanish with studies in Cusco, Peru 🇵🇪 and Granada, Spain 🇪🇸.

2011: Accepted into SOAS, University of London - one of the world's leading languages universities to study 2 non-European languages (Arabic and Somali).

2012: Became Languages Ambassador at 'Routes into Languages', delivering Spanish and Arabic workshops in over 100 secondary schools.

2015: Graduated with BA Arabic with studies in Egypt 🇪🇬 and Al-Najah University, Nablus 🇵🇸.

2015: Accepted into the prestigious education graduate scheme: Teach First.

2016: Authored the Self Study Program: Arabic in 60 Steps and began creating Arabic and Somali languages resources, gaining sponsorship from Italki.

2017: Languages videos and podcasts reached over 1 million students.

2020: Co-Founded 'The Silent Horn Foundation', an NGO for Deaf people in Somalia 🇸🇴 🧏🏻.

2023: Hired as Academy Lead at Ed Tech Company Arabic Unlocked and saw the app reach 1 million downloads.

2024: Launched the LIVE Arabic in 60 Steps program and to date has created over 2,500 languages resources, Co-Author the world's first Somali Sign language reference work and serves as a language teacher at 'TSHF Deaf school' in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Despite 'not being cut out for languages' and being categorised dyslexic throughout his education, Sam now speaks Spanish, British Sign Language, Arabic and Somali.