Cathy studied Natural Science at Cambridge University before training to be a secondary science teacher; she worked as an outstanding science teacher for 20 years in the UK and abroad, taking on leadership roles within departments; KS4 leader, head of Biology and head of Physics.

She has mentored many trainee science teachers and is passionate about helping them reach their potential and understand how science operates as a subject.  During her teaching she completed a Masters in Educational Research looking at teacher job satisfaction and well being and had been a team leader for exam marking for the International Baccalaureate.

For the last 5 years she has worked for the Cambridge based, Faraday Institute for Science and Religion, as the training lead, in the youth and schools' team where she develops and delivers teacher training on integrating science and religion in the school curriculum.  This has given her the opportunity to work with 100's of different trainee teachers and 10's of different PGCE programmes.