Twenty-four year old Gloria Anne Taylor is an extrovert and an optimistic person.
The current Fiji Beach Volleyball rep had the opportunity to be part of the Fiji beach volleyball team to represent Fiji at the Oceania Games.
Ms Taylor represented the team at the Oceania Games, in Arafura, Darwin, Australia, and the continental games in Tauranga, NZ, which all happened within her first year in Uni to her final year.
She also plays for the USP indoor volleyball team.
Ms Taylor loves to design and draw.
She enjoys helping her grandparents with farming, when she is on holiday.
The Taveuni native lists billiard, travel and adventure as her favourite leisure time.
She is in an internship for hotel management at Sofitel Fiji Resort and Spa, Denarau.
Ms Taylor attended Vuna District School in Taveuni, and continued her education at the Nausori Primary School and St Agnes Primary.
She attended Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) High School in Suva.
Ms Taylor graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in tourism and hospitality management from the University of South Pacific last year.
Where In Fiji Would You Take Friends To?
Vuna, Taveuni.
There are many natural attractions like the seaside caves, blowholes, the beautiful beach, volcanic rocks along the shores, freshwater mixing with seawater, and also the people and the food.
A beachfront in Taveuni.
What Is Your Favourite Spot For A Coffee Or Pie?
Gloria Jean’s.
I’m not a cake or coffee person.
I would rather have homemade pie with lemon-grass tea leaf.
Gloria Jeans Damodar City, Suva. Photo: Leon Lord.
What Is One Item On Your Bucket List?
Skydive in Nadi.
Skydiving in Nadi is one thing on Fiji volleyball rep, Gloria Anne Taylor’s, bucket list.
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