About Me

Luisa grew up with an obsession with volcanos and rocks - she always loved watching documentaries about the earth and those bad 90’s geology movies such as “Armageddon” and “The Core” but never realised you could actually go study geology and learn about the how the Earth forms until she was in her 5th year at school. At this point in time, Luisa was unsure of what she wanted to do with her life - She was very good at geography art, music and fashion and textiles - originally Luisa wanted to be a fashion designer which was pushed upon her by her teachers at the time until she spotted a rock and volcano stall with the label ‘Earth Science’ associated to it at the University of Glasgow’s open day back in 2008. Luisa was so excited and couldn’t believe that you could go study such a subject and immediately looked into the entry requirements. It soon became apparent that she didn’t have the right subjects or the grades that the university were asking for at this time - She then looked into other options and entry routes into University and applied to college instead, attaining a HNC Applied Sciences which allowed her to attend the university of Glasgow in Autumn 2010.

Luisa graduated from the University of Glasgow with a BSc in Earth Science in 2015. Throughout University, Luisa was very passionate about rocks and rock formations and loved that every rock had its own individual story and history. Luisa didn’t really know what she wanted to do with her degree until her 4th year at university. She enjoyed subjects such as Metamorphic petrology, Igneous Petrology, Economic Minerals and Engineering Earth Science

Once Luisa graduated, she applied for various engineering geology graduate jobs and managed to get her first job working for a small Geotech contractor which involved learning the basic skills needed to move up the ladder within the Geotech industry. She dealt with the many small ground investigation projects across the Midland Valley Terrane and involved logging and characterising rocks & soils from these areas.

In July 2016, 1 year after working as a graduate, Luisa moved on to work for a bigger contractor which involved working on major ground investigation projects across the highlands where her love for the Dalradian Supergroup came from. Luisa was lucky enough to get involved in the technical management of some of these projects, which allowed her to move up the career ladder very quickly. This involved travelling across the country and staying away a lot which helped Luisa gain more knowledge.

In January 2022, Luisa moved on to work for another contractor to build and develop a Geotech team in Scotland and continues to do so. She dealt with the project management of ground investigations across Scotland, which involves a variety of technical leadership as part of a wider team. Luisa left this position in August 2024 to concentrate on her business full time.

Luisa noticed there was something missing from social media in Scotland… there wasn’t enough appreciation on the geological landscapes around us and this needed to change. Luisa began making videos about geology on her social media platform in 2022. Once luisa has more time, she was able to grow and expand her social media following and realised that it was the time to start teaching people about rocks and Scotland’s geology in person. Luisa’s first aim she set herself was to make good mini documentaries on random areas across Scotland that would include looking at different rocks and explaining the details about the geological history of Scotland. Like a jigsaw, her wee documentaries began to grow into something big. Luisa would receive amazing feedback on her content, people actually enjoyed learning about rocks. Luisa’s 2nd aim was then to build up an interest in her content, build her following and her views and likes. Once this was at a certain standard, she took it in her stride to create her company.

An Idea that became a dream that then became reality… ‘Scot Rock Walks’ was founded by Luisa in 2023, a passionate Scottish geologist who wanted to promote geology to the general public and provide people with an understanding of how the Earth’s processes have shaped the rocks and geological landscapes of Scotland in to what they appear as today. @scottishgeologist was just a channel to begin with where Luisa would speak about various places across Scotland and geological processes… She seen a gap in the market, there was no one out there that spoke about these landscapes and would make videos about the geology of random areas of Scotland she would visit. People really liked this stuff and her passion for geology… It became apparent to Luisa that there was something missing from the market in Scotland… that was Being ‘Scot Rock Walks”.

Luisa’s first aim she set herself was to make good mini documentaries on random areas across Scotland that would include looking at different rocks and explaining the details about the geological history of Scotland. Like a jigsaw, her wee documentaries began to grow into something big. Luisa would receive amazing feedback on her content, people actually enjoyed learning about rocks. Luisa’s 2nd aim was then to build up an interest in her content, build her following and her views and likes. Once this was at a certain standard, she took it in her stride to create her company.