Ambassador in Portugal

After finishing my architectural degree I became interested in Stage Lighting Design and once I was told I was too ‘petite’ to carry lighting equipment around and therefore I should probably give up on pursuing a career in lighting. Today looking back, I think it was in that moment that I realised that my career choice could help changing the perception and prejudice for the working possibilities as a woman. I’m not discouraged and I suspect I share the same feeling as many fellow women colleagues: just by looking at the growth of the number of women that are nowadays more and more involved into an industry that up to a few years ago was considered a male profession and by the quality of their work, it gives me hope that we are definitely changing the perception that we are definitely not ‘petite’ to carry this ‘weight’!

Light in Native Language: #LUZ