Laura is from South Ayrshire but has spent the past four years in Glasgow studying Veterinary Bioscience at Glasgow University. She has grown up in the outdoors and increasingly realises how vital it is for us to all do our part to preserve our environment and wildlife.
Laura hasn’t quite found her niche yet, but she is incredibly passionate about biodiversity loss, climate change and conservation and hopes to pursue a career in One Health which would tie these interests together.
These passions were reflected in Laura’s honours project which she designed around searching for Britain’s fastest declining mammal, the European Water Vole. This involved two months on an island assessing habitat quality, field signs, land use and invasive species.
As a Young Leader, Laura hopes to meet and work with other likeminded people and do her part to help protect Scotland’s unique wildlife and landscapes.