




After finishing her studies (Media
Studies and Linguistics at Victoria University, Wellington), first up was Canada in 2012, where Em began following the winter
seasons as a lift operator - first at Grouse Mountain in BC, then in 2013 at
Panorama Mountain Resort. Em also found time in 2013 to offer her time and
skills as a volunteer carer for children and adults with a range of special
needs and disabilities at a respite camp in Iowa, where she had previously
spent a gap year at Camp America.
Back in NZ, Em has had customer services roles for NZ Post and BNZ, before heading off again - this time to Japan in the winter of 2015 to work in ski resorts with English and Japanese speaking guests. Next up was Australia, where again Em operated lifts and offered first class customer service to resort guests.
Em has been practising Yoga since discovering the discipline in her teens. She loves the combination of the calming effects on the mind and how the physical side of the practise left her body feeling, so in 2016 she embarked on Yoga Training in Thailand.
Again, the call of the mountains drew Em to Cardrona Alpine resort in 2017 - now a seasoned lift operator and expert customer service representative; all the while, Em was quietly consolidating her yoga training and obtaining her level 3 and 4 NZQA certificates in Anatomy and Physiology – and starting training as a yoga therapist with Svastha Yoga in 2018.
In October 2018, an ad for a production assistant for PURE NZ Ice Cream in October 2018 took Em’s eye and she was hired in a heartbeat. Em brings all her skills as an empathetic hard worker, organiser and planner to the business every day; consequently, she has become the absolute mainstay of our Product Support and Dispatch operations.
Em recently became engaged to fiancée, James, and they have two rescue dogs – Orbit and Bronson. All three keep Em happily busy in her many outdoor and mountain adventures they enjoy together when she’s not at PURE or her Yoga Studio in Cromwell.
Kia Ora Em!