Survivor of stroke doing the Polar Plunge
Former MP, survivor of stroke and Team Stroke member The Hon. Heidi Victoria chills with penguins ahead of charity Polar Plunge in Antarctica!
Heidi had a stroke when she was 52 years old. She says, "When the doctors told me what had happened, I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I was young and healthy, and thought strokes only affected older people."
Her experience with stroke put a fire in her belly to help others impacted by stroke. Heidi now uses her lived experience in her role as Government Relations Advisor at Stroke Foundation to help put stroke on the agenda for our nation’s politicians.
She’ll be taking the Polar Plunge as part of our major fundraiser, Stride4Stroke. Brrrrrrrrrrrr
As part of her prep, and to meet some of the locals she's likely to encounter, Heidi suited up and spent time with the colony of king and gentoo penguins at SEA LIFE Melbourne Aquarium.
The Hon. Heidi Victoria will be travelling to Antarctica in November as the documentary photographer on the Homeward Bound Women in STEMM leadership voyage.
You can find out more about the plunge here.
Bon voyage Heidi