Caroline explains her passion for improving lives by volunteering with Vision Aid Overseas.
Who?
Caroline Clarke
Current job?
Specialist optometrist
Where?
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust; Vision Aid Overseas
Why did you choose a career in optometry?
Looking through all those funny little lenses when I was a child having my eyes tested, sowed a seed of interest. During training, I loved working at the Oxford Eye Hospital but realised I needed to go into private practice to gain experience.
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