Name: Trish Kanana
Age: 25
From: Kenya but also lived and studied in Malaysia
Studied: Industrial Design
Works at: AB3D
When you were a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a neurosurgeon, then an aerospace engineer.
What are your hobbies?
I like painting, travelling, visiting the beach, baking – carrot cake is my favourite, running – I’m training for a half marathon, and writing poetry – I have a blog www.itrishpoetry.wordpress.com.
What is your favourite food?
Sushi.
Who has been inspirational in your life?
Jason Silva – I flew from Malaysia to Australia to go and hear him speak and I got to meet him. He was so happy that I flew all that way to see him and he wanted a selfie with me.
What is your favourite colour?
Grey – I love it so much that I buy things I don’t really need just because they are grey.
What is your favourite animal?
The falcon – I have a weird obsession with that bird.
“I was given an award for innovation in my university final year project – I created a prototype drone that could be used for surveillance in national parks for forest fires, poaching prevention or rare animal tracking.”
Where is your favourite place?
Bali – I am always telling people that they should go and visit.
What was your favourite subject at school?
Literature.
What would your alternative career have been?
I would have been a poet.
What languages do you speak?
English, swahili and meru.
What is an interesting fact about you?
I was born left handed but I was forced to change.
I have huge stage fright but when I was at high school I used to recite french poems in front of large audiences.
When I was a little girl I used to fall over a lot and the doctors realised I had a severe calcium deficiency. I underwent lots of treatment and now being able to train for a half marathon is a big deal for me.
I am very philosophical and often sit and wonder about the meaning of life.
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Join me on this next exciting adventure as I apply to become an astronaut with the European Space Agency and train hard for a trip across the Cairngorms in the depths of winter!
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