There was not a single moment that led me to choose this field, but rather a collection of moments while I was getting older. When I was younger, my father used to include me on things he would fix/make for his job - he was an Electrical Engineer - and I really enjoyed all the troubleshooting involved with this. Around 17 years old I realised that I could understand Physics better than most, and my teachers started pushing me towards this direction. Eventually, I studied Mechanical Engineering, knowing fully that it was a male dominated field. I graduated with a 1st and continued my studies starting a PhD in Chemical Engineering. In the meantime, because my father died while I was on my first year on the Bachelor’s degree, I had to work on 2 part time jobs in order to make ends meet, which continued until my 2nd year in the PhD. One of those jobs was an IT Support Assistant for the a Laptop Clinic service for the University students. The newly appointed, back then, Director of Services and the Risk and Security Manager were both women, who saw my full potential and inspired me to become like them. I then got a position as a Network and Security Engineer, which led to my current company noticing me and offering me a position as a Data Engineer, even though I had no experience on this field. For me, the realisation that nothing is impossible was my motivation.