I was born in England, spent most of my life in Australia, and moved to Calgary, Canada in 2010. I have had a greater variety of jobs than I care to remember. Loosely from worst to best: • mobile ice cream van driver • frozen chicken factory worker • babysitter • housewife • household census taker • leafleteer outside London Underground stations • lunchtime waitress • shop assistant • screen printing entrepreneur • community group leader • government office clerk • domestic violence refuge worker • elected Newcastle City Councillor • Australian emergency and remote area doctor • physician with the international humanitarian organization, Doctors Without Borders I retired from medicine in 2015 and have since been joyfully diving into writing and art.