User:Jamieboucher/sandbox/Jamie Boucher

= Jamie Boucher =

Early life
Jamie-Lee Shanae Boucher was born in Seymour hospital on August 9th 2001, first child to Sandie Sleight and fourth child to Garry Boucher. In her early life she lived with her mother and father and her younger brother, up until she was 2 when her mother took the kids to live with her and their grandmother Val. Jamie has 4 siblings, 3 half and 1 full sibling, her half siblings being Christopher, Cindy and Max, all of which are on her father’s side.

School life
Jamie grew up in Seymour, attending a local kindergarten for a year before beginning prep at Seymour East Primary school, where she attended until year 4 when she transferred to Puckapunyal Primary school where she stayed until she finished year 6. She then went on to attend St Marys College Seymour where she stayed for almost 2 years before leaving in year 8 and stayed out of formal education for over 6 months, before moving onto Berry St Shepparton, where she didn’t stay long before finally moving to Seymour Flexible Learning Centre.

Future career/education
Jamie currently has a cert II in Business and is working towards a cert II in Creative industries. Jamie is also planning on beginning a diploma in nursing next year and moving onto a bachelor of nursing once that is complete.

Major life events
When Jamie was 7 years old she became seriously ill after contracting a cold. She ended up in the Royal Children’s Hospital after losing the ability to walk. She was diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder known as ADEM (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis). Jamie spent almost a month in hospital and a further 6 months in physical therapy.

Extra information
In 2014 Jamie switched to a vegetarian lifestyle, inspired by an animal rights documentary she watched online. Jamie has now been vegetarian for 4 years with a few months spent being vegan.