Last Weeks Speaker - Jamie Mackenzie

Jamie spoke to our club on the topic rotary perceived through a younger persons eyes Jamie was very confident speaking to us as president of Rotaract and a Ryla exchange student at 17 going to Switzerland for 12 months was an amazing experience but also extremely challenging with homesickness living in a house where German Swiss and Spanish was spoken proved very frustrating at times as Jamie did not speak those languages but she learned to step out of her comfort zone and face new challenges she has developed extremely good leadership skills and some friends for life Jamie has also faced sexist and derogatory comments at Rotary which in this day and age of mixed groups is very sad Jamie has a masters inGeography which will enable her to engage with communities overseas Jamie you are a great person and we at Rotary wish you all the best for your future