Who Am I?
I spent the first 12 years of my working life as a Health Care
Support Worker in a Forensic Psychiatric Unit with the NHS. However,
2 years ago I decided to go back to university and enrolled in an
Arts and Humanities degree focusing on Art History and Music with
the Open University.
I have been always a creative person. As a child I loved singing,
acting and dance. More recently I have discovered other ways to be
creative (see My Interests).
I find that coding and web development scratches part of that
creative itch for me. Now, I want to put into practice all
that I have learnt with art and coding to design and develop
websites, particularly for creative people and businesses like me! 😃
As well as being half way through a degree, as mentioned
above, I have certificates for the SheCodes Worksops I have
completed.
I am also working on a couple of courses with Shaw Academy!
What can I say? I like learning new things 👩🏼🎓!
What I have learnt with SheCodes:
HTML
CSS
JavaScript
Editor
GitHub
Bootstrap
Hosting
Flexbox
SEO
Responsive
I have always been fascinated by coding but never really thought I could do it. Just before the Covid Crisis I found SheCodes who run online Coding Workshops for women. I started their 1st workshop and I'm now on the 4th. With SheCodes I have learnt so much in such a short space of time and they make a sometimes challenging subject fun and easy to understand!
I love stories in all forms; books, audiobooks, plays, musicals, movies and TV shows! I am a huge geek 🤓, I'm that person who everyone comes to for film and TV knowledge (especially with Marvel, Harry Potter and Supernatural! 😃).
Also, I have a keen interest in singing and Musical Theatre. I have been doing lessons since I was 14 years old, have a Diploma in Musical Theatre and am working on an Associate Diploma. I would also love to learn piano and guitar!
As I hinted above, I have recently started painting. I find that it satifies both my love of being creative and my love of stories as all good art should tell a story! What started as something fun and creative to do to replace my usual weekly singing lessons while I was unable to attend due to Covid has turned into a passion for oil and mixed media painting and drawing and a desire to become a professional artist (as well as a Coding Ninja 😉)!