Q: What first inspired you to join our club?
A: It’s hard to remember now! I joined Rotaract right at the beginning when it was a new club being chartered which was a great opportunity. Marcus was the person who convinced me to give it a go saying it would be non-political, helping out the community and fun while working in a team environment.
Q: What is a personal Rotary highlight?
A: Becoming DG. It is expanding my horizons and giving me some opportunities that I wouldn’t otherwise have.
Q: What have you been most surprised about in your role as DG?
A: The diversity of things that we do as an organisation. It means that there is something for everyone, but it also makes it hard to encapsulate what Rotary actually is.
Q: What have you learned about yourself in the first few months of being our DG?
A: I’ve learnt to have more belief in myself and that I have more capacity than I thought. Which is good because some days I have to dig deep! I also trust myself and my gut a bit more.
Q: Which changeover event was the best?
A: Putting aside my own, I’d have to say Emerald. How can I not say Emerald?
Q: What is the best thing about being a member of this club?
A: That feeling of knowing that I belong. That no matter what I go off and do, when I come back to the club I have friends and friendly faces that know me. We do fun stuff together and it’s so welcoming and kind.
Q: What is a life philosophy or mantra that you live by?
A: Being kind and looking after everyone.
Q: If you could have any super power what would you choose and why?
A: To be able to eat anything and everything without having to pay for it!
Q: If you had the opportunity to create a Rotary themed ice-cream what would it be called and what would it taste like?
A: It would be called Rotary Roulette and it would taste sweet and salty at the same time.
Q: What was your very first job?
A: Picking berries, which I wasn’t very good at. You had to inspect them as you picked and I was a bit too thorough, over-handled them and that left them damaged.
Q: When you are not busy completing Rotary tasks, what do you like to do in your spare time?
A: I like to listen to audio books about serial killers, not true crime, but thrillers or murder mysteries. I like to walk, sketch, write fiction and poems.
Q: What is the biggest lesson life has taught you?
A: That 99.9% of people are trying their best and trying to do the right thing. That conflict is usually due to miscommunication or the circumstances people find themselves in, so not to blame people for the things that they might do wrong.
