Who are you? Amy Jopp | DrumhellerMail
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Who are you? Amy Jopp

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Job: Community Services Coordinator
Employer: Town of Drumheller
Volunteer Service: Big Country Anti-Violence Association, Youth Justice Committee.
What do you like about your job? Gets me out in the public, building partnerships with stakeholders, promoting awareness of family violence.
Where do you live? Drumheller.
How long have you lived there? About a year.
If not all your life, where do you come from and what brought you to Drumheller? From Ontario, I came to Alberta to work with the Calgary Police, and I met someone in Drumheller.
What do you like best about Drumheller? The visitor attractions, there are always different faces. There is also lots of community involvement.
If there were one thing you could change about Drumheller, what would it be? I would like to see a youth shelter, a place of refuge from family violence and substance abuse.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you live? San Diego.
What do you do in your spare time? Work out, rollerblade, visit family in Ontario.
Your life’s best achievement? Being involved in the planning process of starting the Youth Justice Committee.
What are your strengths? Working with behavioral issues, de-escalating crisis situations.
Any weaknesses? Chocolate.
Any bad habits? Smoking.
Three words that best describe you?  Strong, independent, focused.
If you were granted three wishes from an angel or genie, what would they be? World Peace, to have a child, and be closer to family.
If you could have one super power what would it be? Invisibility.
If you could travel back in time and meet yourself as a 10 year old kid, what advice would you give yourself? Be nicer to siblings.
Closet fan of? Sandra Bullock.


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