Andria Zafirakou, a teacher at Alperton Community School in Brent, UK, won the 2018 Global Teacher Prize. She is passionate about education and changing the lives of young people and underserved communities through creativity. Andria used the $1 million prize money to found a charity called Artists in Residence (AiR) with an aim to improve arts education in schools. Andria has also been named in the Top Ten of The Evening Standard’s "1000 Londoners List", a list of the most influential people in London. She also sits on the World Economic Forum's Global Future Leaders Council.