Julia Tizard works as Operations Manager for Virgin Galactic, supporting the set up of what is hoped to be the world’s first commercial spaceline. Julia is motivated to enable personal space travel as she hopes it will offer new perspectives and interest in our home planet and the universe. Julia has been working for Virgin Galactic since 2005, after completing here PhD in Astrophysics. She has a longstanding interest in space and particularly likes using the space settlement ideal as a platform to discuss new structures for society and new ways of living. Julia is an avid mountain climber and loves the outdoors. The Alps are her favorite place on the planet. She loves the personal and physical challenge mountaineering offers and the sense of grounding that basic outdoor life offers. Julia is an amateur artist which she hopes to practice more at the Choza. For her the Choza is a life experiment. She hopes the place will offer a sustainable and inspiring platform for individuals and communities to develop their own interests and inspire new directions for life and society.