I never thought I would venture far from home. I was a mediocre high school student from a workingclass family, and I didn't think traveling the world was in the cards for me. For my undergTad degTee, I only applied to universities within an hour of my hometown in the United Kingdom. When I decided to pursue a Ph.D., I staved at the same university I still wasn't convinced I was a gTeat student (even though I was near the top of my class), and staving seemed like the safe option. It allowed me to remain close to friends, and I was familiar with the department, which put me in a good position to pick my supervisor wisely. A few years later, as I was considering a postdoc, I was tempted to once again stay close to home, in the comfort of my Ph.D. lab. My experience there had been very positive, and previous doctoral students had stayed on, so why shouldn't I? It would have been so easy. But I hope to run my own lab one day, and I knew that seeing a different approach to science would be valuable.