Tracy Ballantine

Tracy is a pupil support assistant in Wallace High School. She works with young people with additional support needs. Her hobbies include painting and walking her two dogs. Her family and friends are an important part of her life and she finds inspiration from them and her surroundings when she is writing her poetry. She lives in an ex mining village and feels the community spirit that surrounded her growing up has helped her to grow in confidence and publish her words for others to read.