I am thrilled and excited to be standing again as a Plaid Cymru candidate, this time for Brycheiniog Tawe Nedd in the forthcoming Senedd election. In 2017 I was the Plaid Cymru candidate for Brecon and Radnorshire in the Westminster election and the Plaid Cymru candidate in the Powys County Council election for Yscir ward.

A Welsh speaker from West Wales I have lived near Brecon, in the heart of this constituency for over thirty years. Our four sons were brought up here and educated at Ysgol y Bannau and Brecon High School. When my sons were small, I was always active in the community and volunteered in many roles including Chair of the Cylch Meithrin, Chair of YYB parents, friends association and governor at BHS.

Before having my children, I trained as a nurse and midwife and later worked in the Powys Public Health Team for 16 years. I did a master’s degree in public health as a mature student and then became a researcher for the Evidence Service in Public Health Wales, based in Cardiff. I then moved into the charity sector, as a senior leader, first as Head in Wales for a young peoples’ mental health charity, and later a UK wide role in the same charity as Head of Community Services.