“In the beginning, if I didn’t have a role model, I could have been demoralised, and this can cause you to have low self-esteem, make you feel like you shouldn’t talk where others are. Physics was so tough, it wasn’t an easy subject to take on, but I knew where I was going. Whatever anybody was saying didn’t really affect me. I just look at them and how they don’t really get it. It was okay. I’m happy I took that path because with physics, multiple doors opened.”