I studied at Queen Margaret University Edinburgh for 4 years to qualify with a 1st class honours degree in Podiatric medicine. My first job was working at UWIC in Cardiff as a clinical podiatrist and researcher looking at the effectiveness of various therapies used in Podiatry. I then travelled to India to work as a podiatrist as part of a multidisciplinary team working with leprosy Patients and their carers in Calcutta for 12 months. On arriving back in the UK I trained to be a Podiatry Teacher at the London Foot Hospital before setting up a private podiatry practice in a Physiotherapy Centre in Leamington Spa.