Dr. Lisa Harvey-Smith was born in Essex, England, left school at 11 and taught herself at home, where she developed a great passion for astronomy. The home schooling paid off because she went on to earn a Master’s degree in Physics with Honours in Astronomy and Astrophysics and a Ph.D. in Radio Astronomy, before embarking on a professional career as an Astrophysicist, Astronomer and Educator (she’s a Professor), becoming a world-renowned author, researcher, speaker and easy-to-understand science communicator. Honestly, considering my vast lack of knowledge regarding all-things-astronomy, going in I was a little worried about holding an interesting conversation with someone at the opposite end of the knowledge scale but the Prof. was simultaneously fascinating, funny, real and super interesting.
