Mum and Dad took Courtney and me to a public ice-skating session when I was eight. We fell in love with it and about a year later started a Learn to Skate program (now called Aussie Skate). We then did beginners' ice hockey and when I was nine I started playing ice hockey.
 What is your greatest ambition? 
To do what makes me happy; to keep ice skating and to always keep learning. Knowledge is power, and there is so much out there in the world to see and understand.
 Who has helped you on your journey? 
So many people have helped me but recently Xtreme Ice Arena has been very generous and the community there supports me a lot. Markus and Jo Frankenburger coached me for Youth Olympics in Norway this year - they would wake up early and spent hours of their time coaching me. My mum has driven me to all of my trainings and given me so much love to help me accomplish my goals and aspirations. I could never thank her enough.
 What was your happiest moment? 
Ice skating on the biggest frozen lake, Lake Mjosa, in Norway, with my sister, Courtney.
 What do you enjoy about ice hockey? 
I love the freedom it provides and the speed. I find it easier to skate than walk - I can glide for long distances without pushing and can build so much speed in any direction and can spin while moving. It all seems so magical when all of this is done on thin blades, on ice.
 What talent do you wish you had? 
I wish I was multilingual so I could communicate with my international friends in a language other than English.
 If you could give words of encouragement to other young people, what would they be? 
Don't ever take no for an answer. Ever. Everything is possible. If life doesn't always go your way - everyone has bad days and no one is perfect -  don't give up at the first sign of failure.
 What has been your biggest hurdle in getting this far in ice hockey? 
The sacrifices I have had to make both socially and within school to get where I am today.
 If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be? 
I would like to see equality in its broadest sense, in regards to distribution of goods, and equality amongst communities of people and genders.