Dr. Flávia de Souza Mendes is a remote sensing research scientists from Brazil who has made the transition from academia to industry. Flávia works at Remote Sensing Solutions , a company in Munich, Germany.  During this podcast Flávia chats with us about her career path, how she established a career in remote sensing, the challenges she faced along the way and how she overcame them. Flávia also discusses what inspired her to become a scientist and her current research and role at Remote Sensing solutions, including useful groups that she is a part of such as Ladies of Landsat, @LadiesofLandsat and Remote Sensing Applied to Tropical Environments (both on twitter). Flávia raises important points about mental health and having a support network (friend, family and other scientists) to help overcome the challenges that she has faced during her career such as going to university initially, learning a new language, moving to a new country and finally undertaking a PhD.