Lynda graduated from the University of Witwatersrand in 1993 with a BPharm degree and has worked in the retail and hospital pharmacy environment until 2015, when she joined Amayeza Info Services as a medicine information pharmacist. Here she was exposed to the exciting world of vaccines, and, together with her colleagues, runs the Vaccine Helpline. She also heads up the training of healthcare professionals on vaccines and vaccinology. Lynda is passionate about travel medicine and passed the South African Society of Travel Medicine (SASTM) course in 2019 with distinction and now serves on the executive committee of SASTM.