There was a time when Steff Watts covered her face with her lovely long hair in shyness.
After working alongside staff at the Wairarapa Resource Centre for the past couple of months, the 19-year-old is ready for full-time employment; much of her shyness now behind her.
Steff is a community giver; she volunteers one day a week at the King St second-hand shop, serving customers and stocking shelves and also gives two days a week at the SPCA, caring for animals and does a bit of archiving of road safety stories.
She hopes to eventually gain a job working with animals. All her spare time is spent walking her goats.
It's the experience she is gaining in the shop which was helping prepare her for a job, she said.