I spent 30 years working as a professional cartographer in the civil service, private sector, local authorities and utilities.

As a community artist I have worked with Leominster in Bloom on the town banners and the Leominster in Stitches projects.

I ran the Age UK “Greenagers” project in north Herefordshire, promoting wellbeing through creating gardening circles with older people, and am still involved in community gardening and art.

Following the Greenagers project I returned to university, gaining my Master of Arts in Sustainable Development Advocacy in 2014.