Since early age Hend Al-Mansour pursued a passion for art. As a child she carved images of women into sand, filled many sketchbooks with her drawings, and was known as an artist by her peers. Yet she was acutely aware of her limitations in terms of freedom and status as a Saudi Arabian woman. So at age sixteen she decided to become a doctor and was accepted into Medical School in Cairo, Egypt. She practiced medicine for many years, but also became known in the medical community for the large figures she drew and painted in the doctors rooms.