I am a trainee engineer at Fishtek Ltd and current Mechanical Engineering Student with the University of Plymouth.
I am a recipient of the Engineering Leaders Scholarship from the Royal Academy of Engineering. I am currently pursuing a career change from a successful career within the arts. I earned a First Class degree in Fine Art in 2016 and built a career as a nationally recognised artist, exhibiting work, securing grants and mentoring young creatives as an art technician. However, a life-changing diagnosis in 2020 led to me becoming disabled, and ultimately inspired me to pursue a career change to engineering, a field with far-reaching societal impact. I have been actively sharing the story of my career change, becoming a chair of trustees for a new up and coming charity ”Construct Ability” which is dedicated to reducing barriers in engineering and construction roles for disabled people, and I frequently collaborate on practical solutions which help create better accessibility in my university and also the wider engineering industry. Overall, my mission is to increase the number of disabled people in engineering, because engineering people can bring with them a unique perspective as well as resilience, courage, and fantastic problem solving abilities. I hope that I can act as a role model for people considering engineering who might not think engineering is for them.