Donegal– Zoe McGettigan

Hello everybody! My name is Zoe Mc Gettigan. I am 24 years old and proud to be born and bred in lovely Letterkenny in County Donegal. In 2013, I graduated with a first class honours degree in Early Childhood Care and Education, a field of study that I feel so passionate about ever since I was a teenage babysitter. For the past three years I have been teaching preschool and afterschool children in a local crèche and Montessori school just two minutes from my house. I absolutely love every minute of my job, it makes me so proud seeing my little kiddies growing and learning each day and the children definitely like to keep me on my toes. I am hoping to continue my studies and a masters is something that I am eager to accomplish in the near future. After a work day I love nothing more than to do some exercise - some may call me a bit of a ‘bootcamp fanatic’ (who doesn’t like burpees and lunges!). I think it’s important for myself to keep fit and healthy and of course it is a good stress reliever after a busy day with all my children. In my spare time I love spending time with my wonderful family, friends and boyfriend, shopping (a girl can never have enough clothes), singing along to American country music and I have recently started teaching myself the guitar (which will probably take a lifetime). I am loving every minute of being the 2016 Donegal Rose and I really am living my dream. I have had so many wonderful opportunities and experiences, my favourites so far being the Mount Errigal climb for Autism and participating in the St. Patricks Day Parade in Letterkenny.