Zoe is an experienced teacher and pastoral guidance lead. As an Early Years Manager in Forest School settings and then a specialist Early Years provision for children with significant additional support needs, she developed her passion for play before coming to Play Scotland and OPAL as a Play Mentor.

She is passionate about play and learning, and volunteered at the IPA conference in Glasgow in 2023. Zoe is a Forest School Leader and outdoor learning trainer/facilitator and co-author of The Power of Risky Play in the Early Years (published by Sage, 2025), and can frequently be found out in woodlands, occasionally roaming the Cairngorms as a volunteer reindeer herder and often by the sea as a Shorewatch volunteer.