Julie Anne Mitchell, Cardiovascular Health Director, Heart Foundation NSW

“I am a social rider but I am honoured to be an ambassador for the 2015 Heart Foundation’s GEAR UP GIRL Ride. I did a girls-only ‘fashion and café’ bike ride around Newcastle a couple of years ago and loved the girl power energy of being one of fifty women cycling through the streets. Finding time to exercise is a challenge, but if you can find an activity such as cycling that you can share with friends and family then that’s a bonus, not only to your heart health but to your mental health and general sense of well being. I look forward to the ‘push off ‘come Sunday the 8th March.”

Julie Anne Mitchell, Cardiovascular Health Director, Heart Foundation NSW