I finished university following the global financial crisis and moved home. It took me seven months, nearly, to find a job. I picked up casual work at the Waitōtara dairy, but I couldn't find anything full-time or permanent. I made the difficult decision to go into Work and Income. They looked at my CV and said that they had no work for me. Deflated, I went to Community Legal Advice Whanganui (CLAW) to volunteer. Thanks to Sandra, I left CLAW with three days a week paid work as an employment advocate. Since then, I've been a lawyer, an investigator, a privacy adviser, and have resolved disputes between individuals and large agencies.