No hurdle too high for a career in engineering

But beyond the obvious signs of her professional growth and performance, she is more proud of the personal growth which led to it.

Elin attended Barnfield South Academy in Farley Hill in Luton and had always intended on going on to university inspired by her mother, who had studied Geography and Education at Warwick University. However, it was at the time of her A-Levels that she first received a diagnosis of dyslexia.

Elin said: “At high school I had been quite academic. My GCSEs were good and my school pushed me into going towards university, taking me to conferences in London and events for Oxford and Cambridge. At that point my grades were good enough to consider going there in the future and that was the only reason why I was ignoring all the signs that this may not be the best choice for me.”

But as the weeks progressed an inconvenient truth was emerging. For years Elin had managed her undiagnosed dyslexia on her own and receiving a formal diagnosis brought it to the front of her mind, sapping her self-confidence and affecting her concentration.