Helen Willetts: Birth, Early Life, Education, Family
Helen Sarah Willetts celebrates her birthday on the 10th of February and was born in Chester, England in the United Kingdom in 1972. Belonging to the English ethnic community, Willetts moved from Chester to Colwyn Bay, North Wales along with her family and was raised there.
For her education, she was sent to attend the Eirias High School at Colwyn Bay, Conwy in North wales. After graduating from high school, she went on to pursue higher education by attending the University of Nottingham and graduated from college with a Bachelor in Science (B.S.) in Physics.
Willetts is also a skilled badminton player who, at one point, represented Wales internationally. She figured she was passionate about learning about the weather and wanted a career in it. So, Willetts joined Met Office College on a training course for a 5 month period in the February of 1994.
The lucky man to tie the marital knot with Willetts turned out to be Phillip Boulby. The couple married in the March of 2004 and they have been blessed with two beautiful children in 2006 and 2008 respectively.
Helen Willetts: Professional Life, Achievements
Helen Willetts started her professional career as a weather expert in the July of 1994 from Cardiff weather center. A year later, she was hired by BBC TV and radio stationed at Wales to work as the station’s weather presenter and forecaster.
Because of her professionalism and impressive presentation, Willetts quickly established herself as a dedicated meteorologist. She was eventually hired by the prestigious news network BBC Weather Center stationed at London and has been assigned to work as the weather forecaster on the network since then. She also occasionally presents on other BBC-owned TV and radio stations.
Willetts is exceptionally good at what she does and for that, in 2006, she was awarded the Television and Radio Industry Club (TRIC) award for her brilliant weather presentations. The University of Nottingham has also provided Willetts with an honorary degree.
Helen Willetts: Social Media
Unfortunately, for Willett’s fans, she is not active on social media and does not possess any official accounts on any of the social networking sites.
Maybe she just likes to enjoy a really private life and keep her daily activities only to herself. Hopefully, Willetts changes her mind in the future so that her fans could follow her.
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