Cambridge to Careers: How my degree prepared me to be a confident doctor

I wanted to go back to Wales after I became a doctor.

I loved being in Cambridge for six years, but I just felt like it was time to come home. My family are all Welsh. My mum’s dad was a miner in the valleys, and we go a long way back. So I put Wales first to start my career.

What made me choose Cambridge in the first place?

I’m quite a determined person. Once it was put in my head that I had the potential to do it, I was like, I need to try and go for this. And then, when I looked in more detail, I really liked the Medicine course in Cambridge, so that was it.

My comprehensive school in south Wales was very supportive and encouraging.