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Did you always want to study medicine?

No, dance used to be my life. I did my first degree at the London Contemporary Dance School. After this, I was an independent, contemporary dancer. I would audition for jobs, and sometimes got them, or sometimes not.

How did you get interested in health care?

While doing my first degree at the London Contemporary Dance School, I decided to focus my dissertation on knee injuries among dancers. As a dancer, I was always interested in the mechanism of my injuries.

Then, my supervisor invited me to help out at the International Association of Dance, Medicine and Science. I listened to the talks, and found it unbelievably inspiring. It made me sit up and listen.

Working in the allied health professions was looking increasingly attractive. I did my research and talked to as many people who worked in these …