Rae was the kind of person the rest of us could only ever aspire to be, kind, conscientious and a pleasure to work with, were just some of her many fine qualities. She inspired a generation of girls, I particularly enjoyed hearing about her outreach work in Athena Swan meetings. Rae’s approach ensured thinking evolved, at the start of her work in response to her request to “Draw what a computer scientist looks like” the girls would draw grey haired men in white coats, following Rae’s outreach activities the girls were drawing pictures of themselves in answer to the question instead!. My deepest sympathy to Rae’s family and her many friends.