ANNE Duncan was born in Melbourne and spent most of her formative years in the north east suburbs.
She loves the vibrancy of Melbourne but after her son was born, the family decided on a whim to move to North East Victoria where Anne describes the shift as a typical tree change.
They moved to Stanley in 2009 just after the fires.
What's your job?
I'm a registered nurse (RN) and I say that proudly after the last two years of the pandemic.
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I work as a nurse practitioner candidate at Albury Wodonga Health and hope to graduate this year.
My specialty area is the older person.
What brought you to this role?
I started my career as a perioperative nurse at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne.
It was challenging and exciting work which I enjoyed.
I had the opportunity to travel to Vanuatu and the Federated States of Micronesia as part a volunteer surgical team early in my career.
This was a life changing experience and opened my eyes to different ways of living and working.
When we moved here I started work at Albury Wodonga Health and changed my focus to community nursing.
This lead to an amazing opportunity, enrolling in nurse practitioner studies which I hope to finish this year.
What do you love about your job?
Meeting people from all walks of life, being able to assist in a crisis and apply my expertise to make a difference.
I advocate for older people to live the life they want and try to optimise their health to achieve that goal.
There is never a boring day that's for sure!
What do you do in the community?
At the moment study and work are all consuming but I am about to embark on a bike ride in the Kimberleys in Western Australia in May which is a fundraiser for childhood cancer.
What's the most important current community issue for you?
The mental health and wellbeing of the community as we recover and adjust to living with COVID.
What would you do to solve, change or improve that situation?
I feel as a small community we have every opportunity to support each other – I see it all the time. It may mean reaching out to those who are struggling.
It's easy to do.
In particular our youth and older community members as they have been particularly affected.
What's the most important current world issue for you?
Preserving habitat and biodiversity for a healthier planet, our legacy to those who come after us.
If the person you would most like to meet came to Indigo, or was already here, who would that be and what would you show them?
I have just been to the LUME exhibition and feel so inspired by the work of Vincent van Gogh.
I would love to show him the tranquil walking trails and autumn colours of the Stanley Plateau.
Why would you show him that?
I think the beauty of this region would inspire him to paint and I would love to see his interpretation of this rural landscape.
What book are you reading?
I have just finished 'The Four Winds' by Kirstin Hannah.
This novel is set on the great plains of Texas in the mid 1930s.
The book is about resilience amidst drought, poverty and hardship.
Resounding similarities to the struggles people face today.
