In April 2011, after 20 years of working in remote indigenous communities throughout Australia, she joined Médecins Sans Frontières. She has volunteered with MSF in Armenia, Ukraine, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and most recently in Afghanistan where she managed a small, rural maternity hospital that delivered a miraculous 50+ babies a day safely into the world.

Through her, I hear about the joy of being a gift to others as a volunteer, and the beauty of these people, their generosity and courage — and the chronic suffering they encounter. Hearing her stories reminds me of my privileged life as a Westerner, and that I may most likely be fortunate to never know such suffering.

In August 2016,  she fulfilled a 6-month posting in a remote community in Uganda, providing specialised healthcare, and heart- felt care, for some of the poorest people on this earth. Many of the patients were suffering with HIV and late-stage AIDS, many were children. Such realities cannot fail to open our hearts.