I was born and bred in New Plymouth - I have one brother and I have a partner and three grown up daughters. I love camping, growing vegetables and singing. I worked as a gardener and a kitchen hand before going to Auckland University and Christchurch Teachers College to become a science teacher.
I worked at Naenae College and Ohura Area School before my family came along. After having kids I worked part-time as a Ys-Mums educator and a maths tutor. Then later, full time, as a foundation science and maths teacher at WITT.
I started working at Waitara High School in 2019.