I tried to conceive a child for ten years. I was diagnosed with uterine fibroids and had myomectomy surgery to have them removed. I waited nine months after the surgery and then attempted in vitro fertilization (IVF). The process failed twice but after the third attempt I had a child via a live birth. My child is now 17 years old.

What three adjectives best describe you?

Driven, stubborn, determined

What is your greatest achievement?

Being a wife and mother

What are your greatest regrets?

Not finishing college and not being able to have more children

What is the most surprising thing you’ve learned about yourself? 

That if I put my mind to it, I can usually achieve it

What is the best advice you ever received?

Be true to yourself.

If you could change one thing about your life, what would it be?

I would have finished college.

What person do you most admire?

Mother Theresa

What drives you to do what you do?

Love, faith, human kindness and living a Christ-like life

What is your motto?

Enjoy life, this is not a dress rehearsal.

If you had to evacuate your house immediately, what is the one thing you would grab on the way out?

My daughter’s baby albums

If you could be any animal, what would you be? And why?

Either a fish or a bird because I love to swim but it would sure be cool to fly too!