I was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, but grew up in the university town of Cambridge. My upbringing was a somewhat unorthodox one, as before my parents divorced, every couple of years my family would travel to India to restock the family jewelry business. This unusual part of my history had a big impact on me; we stayed for months at a time, traveling and visiting friends made on previous stays: truly immersing ourselves in that way of life. The generosity of the people (the many “aunties” and “uncles”), the beauty of the country and culture and the sometimes shocking reality of the bleakness of living in a third-world country left a lasting impression on me.

For the first fifteen years of my life my mother was a committed Buddhist. My brother and I grew up with the sounds of my mother’s chanting morning and evening resonating through the house. My Mum later re-married my Step-dad who is from Morocco and is Muslim. She dabbled in Islam for the first few years of their marriage, but has settled on a kind of all encompassing Spiritualism.

My father moved to Spain after their divorce and is a committed atheist. He still believes that given one week and the opportunity, he could knock my “silly ideas about God” on the head. He has all but forgotten his previous life in England, starting a new family and even adopting a somewhat frustrating Spanish accent . He believes in the wind on the lake near his house in Banyoles and (at age 52) that he will inevitably become a rockstar/moviestar/superstar anytime now.

I love all my family very much and have roots in Italy I have yet to explore. Music has forever been an important part of my life and I’ve always been a bit of a performer. I love soul, gospel and hiphop in particular. I attended a music school in London before coming here and loved it. Been writing songs since I was 13 or 14, although only some of them I’ll admit to having penned . Check out my music myspace

I’ve been with my boyfriend for about two years now, the first year an a half of which was long-distance which was challenging! But, God blessed us with a longstanding love and shared love of Him. He isn’t American, but is actually from Zimbabwe which started a passion in me for the warmth of the Zimbabwean culture and (along with my other studies) I’m learning Shona, which is the national language. We have exciting plans of moving to Zimbabwe and seeking to make a real change there in whatever way God would have us do.

I’m currently part of the worship team at Celebration International Church, which despite the name has around fifty Zimbabwean members and “that sweet white-british girl”:). My church has such an incredible heart though, and such a feeling of family to it. It’s a pleasure to serve God in such a fellowship. We are about to move and launch a big drive to expand which is exciting.

To some up, my life has been and continues to be a very an international affair. The one constant in my life is God. The one thing I am sure of is God. I’m loving learning so much about myself here at Seminary, but I’m loving even more learning how incredible and magnificent our Lord is.