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About Me

I live in Oxford. I'm a systems engineer on fusion power plants. Before that I was a spacecraft engineer. If I was not an engineer, I'd be a musical theatre star tap dancing my way onto Broadway.

My pronouns are

she/her

My Work

Complex engineering projects are just like puzzles, and I am the engineer holding the lid of the jigsaw box, who understands the big picture of all the tiny pieces.

My Typical Day: I (resentfully) get out of bed, make a smoothie and go to my working from home desk. I attend meetings with scientists and engineers from all over Europe online, read requirements and create huge diagrams of engineering systems. I go for lunch with my husband and a walk in the park near our house. The afternoon is much the same, with a lot of tea involved. I finish at 4:30pm and go do yoga to start my chill time for the evening.

My Interview

• How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

  requirements boss lady

  What's the best thing you've done in your career?

  Gone to Norway to launch rockets with students

  What was your favourite subject at school?

  Physics and German

  What did you want to be after you left school?

  An engineer

  Were you ever in trouble at school?

  Never! (Although once I did lie about going to a uni open day so actually me and my best friend could go to the final Harry Potter film premiere in London... shhh its been a secret all these years!)

  If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

  Professional Tap Dancer / Musical Theatre Star

  Who is your favourite singer or band?

  Anything from musicals

  What's your favourite food?

  Crispy Chilli Beef

  What is the most fun thing you've done?

  Taught science for a summer at American Summer Camp