[1] She was the longest-serving editor of All About Space,[2] a monthly scientific magazine owned by British publisher Future plc and before the publication's closure in October 2024.
[3] Lavender was also the Editor in Chief of Future plc's science portfolio before announcing that she would be stepping into the role of Content Director of Knowledge and Education in October 2021.
[5] She became Content Director of Space.com and Live Science in February 2022, leaving the position in January 2023 to join the European Space Agency.
[6] Lavender was born in Chatham, Kent and relocated to Pembrokeshire, Wales, at a young age.
She attended Ysgol Dyffryn Taf in Whitland and furthered her education at Cardiff University, graduating with a Master of Physics degree in astrophysics.