I was born in Retford in Nottinghamshire, but moved to Kettering in Northamptonshire aged 5.  I worked for may years in the newspaper industry in Northamptonshire and then in Suffolk, before moving to Nottinghamshire 10 years ago.  Since then I have completed a degree, masters degree and trained to become a secondary school teacher and I now work at Queen Elizabeth's Academy in Mansfield where I teach Health and Social Care, Child Development, Sociology and RE.  I will be continuing to work full time following ordination.

I will be serving at St Mary and St Laurence in Bolsover.  'I am looking forward to my new role as curate and working with Rev Rachel Gouldthorpe and immersing myself into the life and work of the church.                         

In my spare time I enjoy long walks with my black labrador, Basil.