My name is Rowena. I live in the western suburbs of Sydney.

My hobbies are bike riding, badminton, cooking, and singing. Music, singing and dancing makes me feel good. I feel joyful when there is music. l also like playing different sports such as tennis and basketball and I like drawing and writing.

My favourite time is to hang out with friends and to spend time at the beach or go to the movies with them. Zooming and texting with friends is great.

My other special interest include cooking and helping my parents in the kitchen. I have done a cooking course at school and I have cooked meals from different cultures.

Helping others makes me feel good. I do this for my family, like helping with grocery shopping and giving my grandparents a massage. This I really enjoy.

I am good with computers and I have learnt different computer applications such as Google Drive, Zoom and Microsoft Word. I also have knowledge with using the smartphones and laptops. I do enjoy typing documents and making notes on the computer. I’m also good at fractions and money management.

As a mentor I feel I can support people to do some budget management and banking. To do this would make me feel happy, excited and helpful. As a mentor I would enjoy exploring with you new ideas and information to achieve the goals you want to achieve. Just like I learned to speak a different language such as French.

I know I have much empathy and always try to understand people’s feelings. I always try to look at the positive side of things. My main aim is to support peers to be confident. I like to stand up for myself and stand by my peers and friends. I want, like you to be included in society and to enjoy the good things in life. That means work and practice. Like one time a driver instructor asked me to change lanes. I needed to remember to do all the appropriate checks before I started to steer. I was nervous at first. But the more I did practice the better I became. It is all about practice and practice makes perfect.

I can speak Cantonese. A strength of mine is hip hop dancing and I like to follow the rhythms to dance in time. I like to sing new songs on the internet with the lyrics. If you would like to explore music interests or starting a new hobby with music I can help you with that.

Another strength I have is researching stuff on the internet. I am also good at different types of sports. I enjoy learning new things, currently I am obtaining a car license and can offer some insights and information about personal transport.

I am also a Peer Facilitator at the Young Adults Café and have also completed the Introduction of Peer Support, Peer Facilitation and Peer Mentoring training with DDAlliance. I look forward in getting to know you, to search for a goal and to help you achieve them together!