That goes some way to explain her interest in promoting inclusion and valuing diverse communities with current engineering activities. Her career progressed to working on large-scale EdTech initiatives, which involved designing and delivering professional development programmes for teachers to help children realise their potential and talent, particularly in the STEM fields.
Two years ago, The Foundation for Digital Creativity was established with a mission to advance the education of adults and children by removing barriers to learning through the ‘Internet of Curious Things’. Education programmes ignite inspiration, and boost self-efficacy to address imbalances in the engineering sector, as participants tackle real world social and environmental problems.
Recent projects with young people have leveraged pupil voice to communicate the climate emergency messages around air pollution, and focus on the significance of Industry 4.0 to make healthier decisions based on data and changes in behaviour.