In my previous life, I was a full time fitness instructor and Training & Development Coordinator for Yoga and the Lagree Method. Following my Master’s in Sports and Exercise Nutrition, I joined the Center for BrainHealth in Dallas, Texas as a researcher and BrainHealth Coach with their international longitudinal project, The BrainHealth Project. Since relocating to Ireland, I joined Maynooth University in as a researcher and Project Manager for a Horizon Europe funded project focusing on gender equity, urban greenspace and nature-based solutions. My research focused on gender and gendered perceptions of safety in outdoor spaces. Currently, I act as the Mentor Lead for STEM Passport’s Mentoring for Equality programme, where we are conducting research on the possible impacts of mentoring for equality on mentor’s wellbeing, compassion and ability to flourish in their own positions and career pathways. I have sat on EDI panels for Horizon funded projects, within the Department of Psychology in Maynooth and look forward to joining the EDI committee at Insight.
Outside of work, I enjoy travelling and activities nature such as hiking, kayaking, sea swimming. I am an avid learner of languages and an amateur poet.
