Florence Gabrielle ‘Gaby’ Doucette

Florence Gabrielle Doucette, 15, is a Grade 10 student at Riverview High School who plans to go into policing when she graduates. But her career goals don’t end there – she plans to then go into politics and dreams of becoming prime minister. The Mi’kmaq First Nations youth is heavily involved in volunteering in almost every event that takes place in Membertou, where she lives. Partly, she does it because it makes her feel good and she likes meeting new people but also because her mother’s family always did. They were “voluntold” as her and her mother say. Gaby volunteers on the Powwow committee, the Membertou Church committee, the Wallace Bernard hockey tournament and the Because You Care Cup. Aside from her volunteer work, Gaby enjoys playing soccer and basketball and doing arts and crafts.

Age: 15.

Occupation: Student, part-time delivery person for notices, Christmas cards and newsletters.

Family: Mom Laurie, dad Clayton, brothers James, Luke, Arnold, Mark, sister Rita.

Birthplace: Sydney.

Home: Membertou.

Pets: None. , Nickname: Gaby.

Favourite music: Country.

Favourite books: The Donald Marshall Jr. story. Pet peeve: People not stopping at stop signs/ cross walks. First job: Delivering Christmas cards.

What talent would you most like to have: Cooking.

Coffee or tea: Tea with hot chocolate mix.

What is your favourite food: Spaghetti. Favourite movie: Smoke Signals.

What is something you like to do in your leisure time: Reading, walking, hanging with friends, going to Tim Horton’s. Favourite motto or expression: Fake it till you

make it. What traits in people do you admire most:

Generosity, sense of humour, honesty. Favourite thing about Cape Breton: The people. Favourite place to travel in Cape Breton:

Cabot Trail. Favourite place to travel outside of Cape Breton: Europe.