I'm a penetration tester, speaker, and mentor in Cape Town. I spend my days finding weaknesses in things that are supposed to be unbreakable — and my evenings convincing brilliant women that they belong in the rooms where those things are built.
Client work stays confidential. Everything else — the labs, the CTFs, the lessons, the mentorship — I share in the open.
Offensive security is craft. So is mentorship. So is the slow, deliberate work of building a body of writing, talks, and projects that outlast any single engagement.
Read the longer storyCTFs I'm working through, labs I'm building, and the career & mentorship notes I keep coming back to. Everything in the open — nothing from client work.
A walkthrough that prioritises why each step works over which payload to copy. Enumeration discipline, blind SQLi rhythm, and the moment I almost missed the breadcrumb.
A minimal, deliberately misconfigured AWS account I tear down nightly. Cost notes, the three paths I rehearse most, and what I'd add next.
The three things I wish someone had said to me at the start: pick a lane, document everything, and stop waiting to feel ready.
A balanced diet of technical practice, career honesty, and the stories from the rooms — the conference rooms, the mentorship rooms, the ones I'm still finding my way into.
Step-by-step walkthroughs from HackTheBox, TryHackMe, and the labs I build for myself — with the dead ends left in.
What I'm learning in my own environments — cloud attack paths, auth failure patterns, tooling I'm sharpening.
Honest notes on growth, confidence, and the unglamorous habits that actually move a cyber career forward.
Reflections from the inside — challenges, wins, and the case for representation in deeply technical rooms.
One keynote at Girlcode Summit so far, and a much longer list of mentorship work behind the scenes. Both come from the same place.
Write-ups, mentorship notes, and lessons I wish I'd had earlier in my career. No noise.