Meet The Board

I really love swimming in the ocean – I don’t mind the cold Wellington water! I also love tramping and exploring the Tararuas as much as I can.

It is an honour and privilege to be a board member of EWA. EWA is an incredible organisation (run by an incredible person!) doing critical work around menstrual health and endometriosis.

I am a gynaecological biomedical scientist and I hope to make a difference for those suffering from endometriosis and other menstrual problems through my research. I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work alongside and support the vision and goals of the EWA.

I am incredibly passionate about performance and visual art which I use as an outlet to express my pain, joy and use as a way to connect with other people like me. I also very much cherish connecting with my polyamorous partners to learn how to love myself and have time where my body isn't being treated soley as 'female' or medical.

I am a gender fluid, neurodivergent, disabled, DID (dissasosiative identity disorder) system that has struggled with chronic pain and fatigue from undiagnosed endometriosis since I first started getting periods. 

My experiences with trying to access support from the medical system has been incredibly painful and traumatising due to my transness and neurodivergence not being at all understood or accepted within our current medical system which has led to a downward spiral of mental illness and severe chronic illness exacerbations from medical neglect and abuse. I am self-driven by spite from my own experiences to use all the energy I have to advocate for myself and other people like me.