A BBC presenter learned to swim in just eight weeks at the age of 27.
Summaya Mughal, who works for BBC Radio Leicester, says cultural barriers prevented her from learning to swim as a child.
According to Swim England, people from ethnically diverse communities are underrepresented in water sports, with just 3.4% swimming often, compared to 5.5% of people from white communities.
You can hear Summaya’s whole journey on the BBC Sounds podcast Brown Gal Can’t Swim.
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