Sammypilot:
If what you say is true (19 months off). This brings her dedication to the profession even more into question.
I appreciate her decision to have two (so far) children close together. Why did she not have the children then apply for a BA scholarship and employment ...or even pay for her own training?
This would have then enabled her to follow both ambitions without taking a place in the system that other girls and guys so desperately value.