Having graduated from college with an OND in electronic principles, Parsons started her career working in the television industry, where she was a sound engineer and later a vision mixer.
[2] She was a DJ on the pirate soul station JFM before moving to a Saturday night pop music programme at County Sound in Guildford.
It was announced on 3 September that Kennedy would not be returning to the network and that Parsons would continue to present the show until a shake up of the Radio 2 schedule in October.
[5] In January 2012 it was confirmed she would provide cover for the 6 – 8 am Saturday breakfast slot after Zoe Ball announced her decision to leave the show, and until another regular presenter was appointed.
In October 2012 Parsons was confirmed as the new host of the weekday mid morning show on Smooth, replacing Mark Goodier from December.