She grew up in New Zealand, went to film school in New York, lives in Cuba with her husband Alberto Yoel Garcia who is an actor and spends up to 4 months a year in Liverpool directing Hollyoaks! She has been working on and off with Hollyoaks for over 5 years and has previously directed Shortland Street, Coronation Street and Grange Hill. With her latest stint on the Chester based soap drawing to a close she'll be leaving Lark Lane again to work on some personal projects back in Cuba.