“The standard. Not just academic — the standard of how you were expected to carry yourself. Loreto taught me that discipline and warmth are not opposites. The teachers were demanding because they believed in what we could become. That stayed with me long after matric.”
“I have sat across the table from Ministers, Directors-General, and CEOs. I have built a business from nothing and led governance reform at national level. Every time I walk into a room and hold my ground, I am drawing on something Loreto put there first — the conviction that a woman from Nana Sita Street can lead anywhere.”
“I came back to chair the Board because I believe in paying forward what was given to me. Loreto made me. The least I can do is make sure it does the same for the next generation.”