Marie completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Swansea University and went on to complete an MSc in Cognitive Neuropsychology at the University of Essex. She went on to work as an Assistant Psychologist in a complex needs learning disabilities inpatient services in the private sector. More recently, she has worked as a research assistant, within Oxford Health Foundation Trust and Oxford University Hospitals, on various studies investigating dementia care in care homes, online CBT for dementia caregivers and more recently in characterising cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s disease.