ROZ HILL - Founder and Managing Director of YAP
People who know Roz will say she has an ongoing desire to improve the world, and has a true sense of dedication to a cause which gives her this incredible energy beyond most people's level to drive and make things happen. Her passion draws the expertise of skilled people on board. She asks nothing of anyone that she would not do herself and leads by example from the bottom to the top.

In July 2005, Roz says: "Having lost my father to cancer, my mother to breast cancer, and having been diagnosed with breast cancer myself at the age of 29, then having lived through years of cancer treatment with my only child, Peter, who has recently turned 37, now at the age of 59 having reached survivor status is my biggest win. 
 
"But for me, seeing I had been in denial for so long about my breast cancer with just fighting to keep my son alive and my head above water, my life truly changed many years later. I had a hysterectomy that went very wrong and ended up with Starch Peritonitis and a Blocked Bowel and given very little hope of surviving. BUT, I did through the extraordinary efforts of Dr Terry O'Connor, and when in intensive care at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, I had an 'out of body' experience. This truly changed my life forever. My family, my friends, my values and the desire to help others became paramount.

"Today the philosophy around me and what makes me tick is all about how I can help others to be pro-active rather than re-active, how they can take ownership of their own bodies and be responsible for their own health and wellbeing. For me, how I can learn to give more than I take, how I can smile more than I frown, how I can give a big hug to someone in need and more importantly getting the things done I desire rather than just talking about them."