Edmund Hillary
She attended school at Long Bay College on Auckland's North Shore, and is studying music, majoring in Classical Voice, at the University of Waikato, after gaining an excellence in NCEA and receiving a $30,000 Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship. The Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme is a scholarship for University of Waikato students showing leadership capabilities, academic excellence and achievements in sport or creative and performing arts, and is designed to foster future leaders, within the values of New Zealand's greatest explorer, Sir Edmund Hillary.