 Hello for Lava. My name is Sarah McLean. I've just completed my Master of Arts research thesis with Pacific Studies faculty which I looked at the views of mental health service providers and their experiences of young Samoan females with depression. Working within Auckland in the mental health area there's quite a lot of opportunities in terms of having some of the biggest district health boards within New Zealand with a substantial Pacific population. County's Manukau which has the large specific population also has quite a lot of opportunities in terms of mental health development and I've been very lucky to be working in that space through a non-governmental organisation and so being able to work and study and combine the two in terms of my knowledge and the skills has been an opportunity that I wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. I spoke with one of my lecturers Dr. Jemima TTC and I was saying I wanted to be more preventative and I wanted to work within the mental health sector to stop people getting to the point where they don't think anyone's going to help them and so she helped me take a look within the mental health area and depression was something that we both found was lacking in terms of New Zealand research and specifically within Pacific let alone Samoan and since I am half Samoan it seemed appropriate to start off with that in some ways I've been quite privileged being able to change faculties. I went from arts to health sciences back to arts. I've changed departments from criminology to health sciences to Pacific studies and throughout that journey the support from the staff and from my fellow students has been phenomenal. The skills that I've gained from the University of Auckland have opened the door to the career that I've always dreamed of being part of.