I live in Bungay, having relocated from Canada to the UK nearly 15 years ago and married into an old Suffolk family. I am passionate about youth empowerment, and I am most proud of setting up the East Suffolk Youth Council – perhaps the first youth council in the country with actual power to influence agendas and decisions in the ‘real’ Council Chamber. Alongside my role as councillor, I am a secondary-school teacher, university lecturer, and professional ecologist and geographer.