kristin williams

I am American/British, raised in the state of Missouri, USA where I attended the University of Missouri. United Airlines brought me to London in 1991. I lived in Chicago, London, Paris and San Francisco and spent a lot of time in Hong Kong where my now husband worked for several years. Fortunately, I was able to stay home raising 3 children who are now mostly independent.

Prior to my main airline career, I had jobs in service, one being Phonemail, where I raised funds at university for the College of Arts and Science and jobs in restaurant service.

Volunteering opportunities have included:

- Wildlife Rescue in St Louis, Missouri cleaning cages and feeding rescued wildlife.

- Powder Valley, a conservation nature centre in St Louis, housing native Missouri reptiles and other wildlife for education and viewing. There I cleaned cages, handled and fed them.

- Assisting on an archaeological dig in Missouri looking for artifacts of a Native American tribe who'd settled there long ago.

-Delivering donated clothing and visiting orphanages in Bolivia, run by American Airline's American Ambassador's program.

- Helping in native-to-Missouri plant garden to help the bee population and increase awareness of native plants, as well as the Circle of Concern Food Pantry, a vegetable garden charity projects.

- Having helped to feed homeless/low income London residents at St Andrews Fulham Fields.

- Caring for a high-risk elderly neighbour for 18 months, shopping for her and keeping her company. Then with her unfortunate late-stage cancer diagnosis, I filled in between her assigned carers' hours, cooking light meals and keeping her comfortable.

-Blood donation consistently for 25+ years.

I think this line of work would be ideal for me as I am passionate about personal connections and believe community is so important for mental health.