UCL FACULTY OF LIFE SCIENCES

Studying Biology at UCL allowed me many extraordinary opportunities to do all kinds of things I'd dreamed of, as well as things I never could have. This included the chance to work in Ecuador, collecting butterflies for evolution studies, which experience then led to many more such adventures. I came to set up a conservation project with the Shiwiar people in the Ecuadorian Amazon, where I studied ethnobotany: you can read more on www.shiwiar.net. This project was really exciting but as I needed to earn a living I decided to move away from that for a time.

Now I am working as brand/graphic designer but maintain my interest and contact with the various tropical conservation projects I've worked on.

The balance between having a trade (graphic design, which I love) and the chance to have adventures and visit rare and wonderful places is excellent. I still have one or two ongoing conservation/ethnobotany projects on the back burner, waiting for a chance to come to fruition.

I feel extremely enriched and privileged by my experiences at UCL and will always be thankful for and celebrate the time I had there and the many friendships I formed.

Present position: graphic designer, advertising

1995-1998: BSc (Biology) UCL

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