E15 featuring Rebecca Amoroso: A Daughter of the Windrush generation who has bloomed where she was planted

In this episode I talk to Reverend Rebecca Amoroso, whose mother, Bianca, arrived in England at Tilbury Docks from Trinidad in order to embark on a career as a nurse in the NHS. Rebecca became a mum to her son in-between finishing her A-levels and going to university, which was younger than most of her friends but became another wonderful opportunity in her life. Rebecca identifies the lack of affordable childcare as a barrier for women who want to return to work or study after becoming a parent and doubts she would have been able to access university education if it had not been for the grant system that was available to her. She also notes how taxing the path to ordination is for mothers of young children, especially as the hours of a vicar are often unsociable. Rebecca loves to seize a new opportunity and makes the best of any situation by following the mantra 'bloom where you are planted', inspired by her mother. We also salute Floella Benjamin as Black women who have made a difference to the lives of many and in particular to Rebecca in her life by being visible role models, and unashamedly being themselves.