Born 1942 Windsor; maternal grandfather Irish from Cork/Kerry border, sergeant-major in Argylls, killed at the Somme, grandmother moved to South London; paternal grandfather forest worker in Windsor Great Park, lost arm in industrial accident, opened small shop in isolated hamlet. RAF, air traffic control, commissioned from the ranks. Mental health nurse, trained at Bristol School of Psychiatric Nursing, specialised in children & adolescents, various locations UK & Ireland, headhunted to special schools, headhunted to theatre in education. Sussex University at 35, religious studies esp. Indian philosophy; postgrad Oxford Brookes, history of art. Gallery Manager. Painter, art historian. Trans woman M2F, ENFP. Married, grandparent.