Vivienne Leech (she/her/hers)

Vivienne recently graduated with MSci Mathematics from UCL and is currently working towards a PhD in Mathematical Biology, also at UCL. From a DE&I perspective, she is a committee member of the LGBTQ+ STEM @UCL Network, where she has been involved in organising exhibitions, conferences, and networking and social events to provide supportive environments for LGBTQ+ folks studying and working in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths) fields at UCL.

She is also on her departmental EDI committee, where she is involved in several different projects surrounding policy change to foster a more inclusive environment. As a proud member of the LGBT+ community, she also volunteers for the LGBT+ young people’s charity Just Like Us by delivering talks in schools to educate and inspire young people.

As an intern for LGBT Great, she will be supporting the team on a number of different projects surrounding insights, content and LGBT Great’s benchmarking program, the Inclusion Index Benchmark Tracker (iiBT).