I attended Kibworth schools and then Robert Smyth in Market Harborough, before moving away. I returned to the village in 1996.

Between 2009 and 2019, I was a Governor at The Kibworth School, latterly as Vic-Chair of Governors, with specific responsibility for safeguarding. I am also a trustee of Great Bowden Recital Trust.

I was elected to the Parish Council in 2019; I am a member of the Kibworth Neighbourhood Plan Group and represent the Parish Council on the Board of Trustees of the Kibworth Grammar School Hall.