I have a BA Honours in Psychology, which I completed with a scholarship before completing a MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at UCL. However, before finding my passion in mental health research, I was on a BSc programme in Maritime Economics where I studied economics, statistics and logistics.

I have worked as an assistant psychologist in the NHS at Saint Ann's Hospital for people with severe anxiety and depression, and I have also worked as a research assistant in a psychiatric hospital in Athens, working on a research protocol for women with postnatal depression. After completing my MSc, I undertook a short-term research assistantship working with learning disability at UCL. 

My work with Dr Vaughan Bell during my MSc was extremely fulfilling and along with my keen interest in psychosis research, inspired the continuation of our collaboration in a Welcome Trust-funded research assistantship and an ESRC-funded PhD on illusory social experiences in psychosis.