Waddesdon Church of England School

I went to Waddesdon from 2004 till 2010, where in my time I was Head Girl and Head Librarian- you might say I was a bit of a goody-two shoes. I loved my time at Waddesdon and really took advantage of the opportunities the school afforded me. I was fortunate enough to go on the year 8 French Trip as a participant and as a Year 12 chaperone, participated in the German Exchange to Munich and went Skiing in both Italy and North America (USA).

I studied Geography, French, Chemistry, General Studies, and Textiles at A-Level and received the required grades to get into Lancaster University to study Geography with a year abroad in North America. I spent the second year of my degree in London, Ontario where I had a course about the economics of cities and that sparked an interest in town planning. I then went on to study a Masters in Spatial Planning at Oxford Brookes University. My parents emigrated to Australia while I was still studying so, as soon as I finished my master’s degree, I hopped onto a plane to Canberra and have not come back!! That was almost a decade ago.

I now work as a Town Planner for a planning consultancy firm based in Sydney and Canberra and am an Associate Director-Capital Region for Gyde Consulting, I am also the Planning Institute of Australia President for the Australian Capital Territory, my professional body for town planning. I live with my husband Paul and my dog, Dobby and my 2 cats Luna and Lucius.