Valentina

I’ve been playing sports since I can remember, be it hockey, cricket, gymnastics - you name it! As I’ve travelled through school, university and now into graduate life, sport is a mechanism through which I have connected with the place and people around me. I rely on it heavily for my mental and physical health and so it makes me determined to make a change when I see communities lacking the correct access to sport and the benefits they are missing out on! I’ve worked with teams at my university to improve their funding so they can get their teams off the ground, and it's really taught me what the power of just a few people can do for change.

"I’m now looking into a career that prioritises this mindset and being on the National Youth Board has enabled me to meet like-minded amazing young people who have the same vision as me!”