I grew up in Scotland, surrounded by wild landscapes that sparked my love for nature from an early age. That passion led me to study Conservation Biology, followed by a Master’s in Ecology and Environmental Biology. I've been lucky enough to spend time in the Peruvian Amazon studying monkeys in the rainforest, on the plains of Africa surrounded by elephants and lions (but actually looking for little rodents!) and working for conservation charities like the RSPB. But being immersed in conservation in my professional and personal life put the environmental crisis front and centre. As the state of the planet got worse and worse, I felt my eco-anxiety rise, and a huge emotional weight of caring so much.