When I started my yachting career more than 30 years ago, I'd never seen a woman captain. Women worked on ships, but they were few and far between in the world of yachts, and I'd never seen one at the helm.
My personal and family encounters with our healthcare system, clinical practice during the height of the AIDS epidemic, and seeing the value of partnerships with patients as lived experience experts, have been my greatest influences.
Maria Pernia-Digings, a senior easyJet pilot, faces gender bias in aviation as only 6.5% of UK pilots are women, showcasing the industry's gender inequality.