Firstly I am a wife, Mother and Grandma. I have two adult children and a teenage grandson.
I am a qualified childcare worker, I have been working with children for over 44 years. This  has included working with children with severe disabilities in America, to owning my own childcare services for 18 years both in Australia and the UK.
I have been President of the Childcare Association and on the board of the Ethnic Childcare Resource Unit and Children’s Services Support Unit, as well as working closely with the Childcare Licensing Board to write the regulations for outside school hours care.
I was a facilitator for Lady Gowrie to introduce the Accreditation system to Childcares and later became an inspector for Accreditation.
A few years ago I was asked to run the Kids plus programme for Holy Cross in Melville and for the last 8 have helped with the running of Mainly Music.
Currently I am a foster-carer generally with very young babies. Something I absolutely love.