I began breeding pedigreed cats in Townsville, North Queensland, approximately 35 years ago under the Kavadh prefix. At this stage I bred Persians in several colours and patterns but particularly specialised in "colour-bred" cream, blue and bluecream Persians with considerable success. A few years later, with my husband Terry, I began to breed British S/H under the Carinya prefix and was very successful on the show bench. From there, we embarked on a program to breed Exotic S/H's experimentally. We continued to breed British and Exotics until we moved to Toowoomba in 1994 when I was planning to retire from breeding cats. This is where the love affair with Burmese began. We continue to breed Burmese under the Jovelles prefix with our daughter Carolynn.

I became a Group 1 Judge in 1986 and an All-Breeds judge in 1992. I have judged throughout Australia and New Zealand on many occasions. I have been honoured to judge at several National Shows; most recently in Melbourne (2007) Western Australia (2009) and I will be judging at the WCC/CCCA show in 2010. I also had the pleasure in 2009 of judging at the Sydney Royal which was wonderful. A highlight of my judging career though has been the opportunity to judge in South Africa. This was a wonderful experience and one I hope to repeat in the future. I am also on the All Breeds Guest Judges Panel of ACFA USA.

I am an All-Breeds Tutor Judge with Council of Federated Cat Clubs of Queensland Inc. and am on the CCC of A Tutor Judge's panel. I am currently on the Management Committee of CFCCQ Inc. and am the Honorary Registrar, Membership Officer and the Independent. For the past few years, I have held the position of Vice President of the Exotic Cat Club of Queensland Inc. and I am member of the Curly Coats cat Club of Queensland Inc.

More personally, I am married and have 3 grown children. Two are married and there are currently 8 grandchildren. I teach in a local primary school - Year 3 (7-8 year olds). Besides my family and cats, I love going to the movies, reading and gardening.

We also operate a small boarding cattery on our 6 acre property in Toowoomba and in time, I will retire from teaching and spend more quality time with my cats and with the running of the boarding cattery.