Scientist Soup

Growing up, Science wasn’t always my favourite subject. In primary school I didn’t care for the plant biology parts, and in early secondary school I struggled to properly engage with my teacher. I genuinely thought I’d never understand Human Biology and all its complexities, and I worried about how I’d even pass my GCSE Science exams.

That changed when I started using easy-to-understand resources to learn the content myself, and then explain what I’d learned to my parents.

It meant I had to fully digest the Science before breaking it down in a way my mum or dad would understand. I turned out to be really good at this and it became my main revision method. I taught myself the whole syllabus this way and ended up excelling in GCSE Science. It’s funny how at the time, it felt like the world would end if I didn’t get that A Grade!

At university, where I was studying for my MSci in Biomedical Science, I quickly realised how much I loved researching for and writing essays and literature reviews on different therapeutic areas. When I learned about the Medical Communications industry and Medical Writing at a careers fair, everything clicked. Not to sound dramatic, but I knew this was what I was meant to do. It felt amazing to discover I could make an entire career out of communicating science, something I’d been doing since I was fifteen.

Who knew that explaining osmosis or the anatomy of the heart over dinner would bring me here..but I’m very grateful that it did! All those mini Science lessons for my parents ended up being the foundation of my passion for what I do now.