My name is Mollie and I am 23 years old. I live in Leeds, which is in the north of England. I live with my Mum, Dad and one of my two sisters. My younger sister, Libby has just turned 18 years old and we are really close friends. My older sister, Caitlin is 27 and lives in London where she works as a teacher for children aged 4-5. Even though she is further away, me and Caitlin have always been best friends so we still make sure we speak every day.
My Mum works in children's mental health for an organisation called CAMHs whilst my Dad is a manager of planning for British Telecoms (BT). They have just bought a new holiday home on the east coast of England at the seaside, even though we all live busy lives and my parents work so hard, we try to make sure to visit together once a month to have some all important family time.
I have a very close knit family and am lucky enough to still have all 4 grandparents so I am sure to visit them as much as possible to appreciate every minute I have with them.
Leeds is a big city but it is very close to the countryside which makes it the perfect place to live as you can have the perfect mix of the hustle and bustle of the city and the relaxing tranquility of the countryside.
I am currently working for Nuffield Health and have recently had a promotion to become a Fitness and Wellbeing Advisor. This involves travelling around Yorkshire to the Nuffield's corporate sites performing health assessments, creating fitness and wellbeing plans for patients and clients. Prior to this I was working in the hospital as a radiology technician. This was a fast paced, demanding clinical job which involved caring for both adults and children.

Since a young age, I have worked with children, starting with working as a gymnastics coach. My first job was for Elevations Academy for Dance as a gymnastics coach. Here, I coached both boys and girls aged 3-18 on four pieces of apparatus (floor, beam, bars and vault). In this role I had to be self assured and confident as I was only aged 14/15.
I also went on to coach gymnastics at Camp Monroe in New York in 2016 and 2017. Camp Monroe has been running since 1941 and is a Jewish summer camp for children aged 6-16 on an 8 week programme. This meant I spent 10 weeks in New York working on the camp followed by another month of travelling around the states with friends afterwards. On my first trip to camp, it was a complete gamble as I didn't know where I was going or anyone that I was going to be living with for the next 2 months. Luckily, I was with a great group of people from all over the world who I remain friends with now and really feel as though we will be friends for life. At Camp Monroe, as well as coaching gymnastics, I shared a bunk and was responsible for a group of girls aged 13-15. Through sharing living quarters, we also shared pretty much everything (sometimes not through choice haha) and formed such a unique bond and we really became like one big family. One of the campers was going through some really personal family issues that she only felt confident in trusting me with. This was a real honour as it made me feel as though she really trusted and respected me enough to tell me and listen to my offerings of advice.
Through my role as a Disney Princess look alike I am left to care for children usually at birthday parties. This involves a high level of imagination and inventiveness to be able to adapt to the surroundings and entertain a group of children on first meeting. Because of this, I have also gained a plethora of games and entertainment for children of all ages. As a princess, I also did charity performances on a local children's ward and at the children's heart surgery fund Christmas parties. This meant I was able to adapt to poorly children and it was priceless seeing their faces fill with smiles.
As a radiology assistant, the doctors would usually rely on me for interaction and distraction of the patients (of all ages 0+) whilst they concentrated on performing the procedure. As a result, I had to have a very calming manor in order to make the patients feel at ease even though sometimes it would be under very pressured and stressful environments (eg, emergency CT scan due to major trauma). I would also have to be able to judge the patient quickly to determine my approach to them (some would respond better to chattiness whilst others wanted silence).
As well as this, I have experience in babysitting 1-3 children at a time from new born babies to young adults. Being older than all 5 of my cousins has meant that I have been lucky enough to be trusted to look after them at all stages of their lives. Despite our big age gaps, we still all have very close relationships and I believe I have been a big part in nurturing their growth. As well as family members, I have also babysat for family friends with one child in particular, who is not yet one. I look after her for a couple of hours every Monday and she even did her first wave ever whilst she was with me last week!
Thank you for taking the time to read my letter, I hope it has helped to get to know me a little better. I am really looking forward to hearing some more about you and hopefully becoming part of your family!

Mollie :)