What is your favorite story about joy of movement?
The story of Malcolm Freake OAM, to whom I owe my passion and current vocation in the field of Sport for All and physical activity. Malcolm, was fighting against cancer and found the strength to heal with movement and physical activity as his lifebuoy. Once saved, he invested to create the Bluearth Foundation, an Australian-based NGO where I performed an internship during my Masters in 2012, to promote Sport for All and physical activity for health and well- being. Together with experts he launched the Bluearth approach and targets kids in schools and communities nation-wide to develop a lifelong love of physical activity and change children’s lives through movement and mindfulness – also in Aboriginal communities. The Bluearth Foundation is now recognised nationally by the Australian Sports Commission and among the Number 1 physical activity promotion NGOs in Australia. Malcom’s vision and dedication brought me to change my studies and career path from journalism to Sport for All management and, in 2013, to TAFISA.
