Born and raised in Hawera, Taranaki, In 2016 I made the choice to pursue the catholic faith that led to my baptism that Easter in the St Joseph’s Hawera Catholic Church. I attended a few camps and festivals over the next few years but I was attending a church that was experiencing a shortage of teens. There was plenty of young primary school aged children and adults, but very little of students my own age. Often you could point out that I was the only high school student at Sunday mass. This made following my faith very difficult with nobody to share in it with. Then in February of 2019 I made the move to Auckland to start studying at AUT where I completed my first year in the Bachelor of Health Science in Paramedicine. I moved to Auckland CBD from a town of 10,000 knowing LITERALLY NOBODY. Attending the Auckland Catholic Tertiary Chaplaincy for the first time was so weird. I could not believe how many students there were who were open to journeying together on the path to Heaven. ACTC was my saving grace in my first year, After a very difficult year, and experiencing so much grief and loss; at the end I felt the calling to take on a role at the Chaplaincy and put my studies on hold. So I followed the calling and I can’t wait to see where it leads me.