Following a successful career as a Legal Secretary within blue-chip City Law Firms I am now an award winning international Public Speaker, Voiceover Artist and Events Organiser, committed to raising awareness of the impact of Domestic Abuse on the lives of women and men. My aim is to help women and men to know that they are not alone in the predicaments in which they find themselves. I share my life experiences through poetry and storytelling to help them feel that support is available and that life will get better. I help my audiences understand that they have the power within them to change their situations. Please contact me if you would like me to speak at your event. SPEAKING• March 2016: Commissioned by Spectacular Woman to write and deliver 2 poems at a Mother’s Day event.• 2015/16: Current President of Lewisham Speakers and past Vice President, Public Relations. Presided over 25% growth in membership during 2015/16.• October 2015: Invited by the CEO of Spectacular Woman Ltd to write and deliver a poem at the “Break the Silence, Domestic Violence”, Conference in London.• 2014: Selected to represent the District in the Toastmasters international Speech Contest Finals held in Ireland; placed in the top 6 of all Speakers in the UK and Ireland. Speech was entitled “Unexpected Fall”.• 2013 to 2016: Winner of Toastmasters International Speech Competition for London Area 59 for four consecutive years. Titles were: “What songs have you sung?”, “Scrap the Script”, “Unexpected Fall” and "Tap and Unwrap".• 2011: Accredited by Toastmasters International as a Competent Communicator and Competent Leader.• Associate Member of the Professional Speaking Association.EVENTS• Organised and managed multiple events in the UK and overseas, including a Charity Quiz night for a UK Top 100 UK Law Firm and Water Rafting for the 5 times Winner of Law Firm of the Year.