Speaker: Juanita Copeland – President and Regional Representative, Christchurch

Juanita came to the FNZ Executive Committee as a former consumer of fertility services. After years of unsuccessful treatments, she is now the mother of 6-year-old Hazel. Facing infertility was the biggest challenge of her life to date and she is certain that support from a group like FNZ would have helped, but she didn’t know it was there.

Her career expertise is in the media industry. For 8 years, Juanita was a reporter for 3News, based in the Christchurch newsroom. She has also worked in talkback radio, Event Management and Communications as a Media Advisor at CERA (Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority).

Through her role as co-facilitator of the FNZ Christchurch Support group as well as involvement on the Executive
Committee, Juanita hopes to be able to be a part of helping others deal with this most trying of times.