When I was young, I wanted to be a cardiologist. When I was a teenager, I realized that I get queasy with blood and I hate dead bodies. And at that point, I decided I want to be an ambassador. I felt like my international background, my mixed-race heritage, and the fact that I lived in different places, probably made me suited to the role of an ambassador. I moved back to Europe and ended up learning a bit more about that.
I ended up doing European affairs and European public administration as part of my studies and ended up in that space essentially. So I started working for the European Parliament and then moved on. I was also quite committed to the concept of non-discrimination and making sure that those that are left behind have a central place, politics, that type of stuff. So I started there. When this role was announced, it sounded like the kind of role for me. So, I’m doing what I always hoped I would be doing in later years and I’ve already reached a significant career milestone. I’m very happy about that.
