Tricia started as a teacher and then served on a Mission Station in Vanuatu for three Years. She returned to her hometown of Invercargill and spent nine years working as a Chaplain at the Invercargill Prison. From there she moved to Geraldton, Western Australia and worked as the Support Officer to Victim’s of Crime for sixteen years as well as working on a Programme for those people who had multiple barriers to employment. She was then asked to move into management for the agency she was employed by, as the Programmes Manager, where she was responsible for working with the Counselling Team, the Volunteer Service, and the smaller offices in more remote areas of the outback.