Attended Oldmachar Academy: 1987 - 1993
Subjects studied at Oldmachar: In S4 - English, Maths, French, Chemistry, History, Art & Design, Modern Studies. In S5 - English, Maths, French, Art & Design. In S6 - English, Maths, History, Scotvec - Keyboarding Skills & Word Processing
At school she wanted to be a history teacher. Every week she had work experience at Forehill Primary to gain experience and to enhance her college application. She didn’t get the grades for Aberdeen University and didn’t want to move away, so went for her back-up plan which was primary teaching.
After school she went to Northern College in Aberdeen (now part of Aberdeen University) and did a BEd (Hons) in primary teaching.
She is now working as Principal Teacher of Support for Learning at Oldmachar Academy.
Her advice for current Oldmachar pupils planning for their future career: “Always have a back-up plan! You might not always get to where you want to go right away, but careful planning, hard work and dedication will always lead you to where should be in the end.”