"I've always had people as my focus and restorative justice was a good fit with my policing background. But I started thinking long-term about what I might do and nursing had always been in the back of my mind. I've always been interested in health and wellbeing."
Low said she tossed up between studying postgraduate psychology or nursing, before "looking to the universe" for advice on what path she should pursue. It was then that she came across a university nursing course in another city, which swayed her thinking.
"I thought 'wow that would be amazing if I lived there', and then saw Massey advertised a similar thing and I thought that might work extra-mural, as I've studied via distance before and it's flexible.
"So I thought 'I would like to do that', but we can't afford it. Then the scholarship came up and I got it and here we are."
Although the programme is full on, Low said she is really enjoying it and believes it will be a pathway to be able to help people that is aligned more with her interests.
"I'm finding it has a lot of transferable skills, such as my love for being able to communicate with people.
"I enjoy getting to the bottom of things and being curious and advocating for people where I can."
