With a mother from Yorkshire, a Canadian father and a Spanish husband, my family is quite international.

Work has included short spells in bars, some window display production work for Timpsons, being a guide on tourist excursions but mainly teaching (in Manchester, the Midlands, Benidorm, Barcelona and Leeds).

My three children, two girls and a boy, are grown up with three children between them.

I enjoy reading, volunteering and working at two theatres. In my youth, my main interests were dancing, acting and travelling.

I love cats  . . . . and meeting new people.