I am enthusiastic about learning, always have been and this has driven my entire career. Through education I met new people from different parts of the world; this piqued my interest in finding out about different cultures, understanding there is more that binds than divides us. I seek to make lots of friends with a view to hopefully learning new languages. I'm an humanitarian and also keen advocate of animal rights, and protecting our environment. In my spare time I'm trying to return to my former loves of painting, drawing and reading.