As a #150 Leader (Council of Deans of Health’s Student Leadership Programme) Gloria sought to inspire fellow students into leadership roles during her time at university. She was a cohort rep two years in a row and was amongst the national student nurse’s voices during the pandemic.

Gloria has featured in a leadership book, been interviewed on SKY news channel & supports career exhibitions as a newly qualified nurse in research.

She has since been a Chief Nurse Junior Fellow where she supported the MAGNET4EUROPE study as well as supporting her nurse leaders in the Patient Public Involvement group (PPI).

Gloria chairs the Research PSDM Council & has recently been awarded the RCN Foundation Leathersellers’ Impact Award for outstanding achievement in pre-registration nursing studies (2024).

Her nursing journey started her off to a career in research delivery within the multi-speciality team, before moving into the oncology research delivery team. She holds other roles such as Florence nightingale SEG member in Early careers - writing an opinion piece for the Nursing Times and SEG in Policy involvement workstream.