Vince is a 25 year old male and is a 1 year survivor of metastatic papillary thyroid cancer. Born in Melbourne Victoria his parents moved to Adelaide in the early 90’s for work purposes. Vince grew up in the north eastern suburbs of Adelaide with a strong multicultural background. His mother, Jacqueline was born in Chile (South America) and his father Ray was born in the island of Mauritius (off the coast of Africa).
Being a healthy young person was never an issue for Vince growing up. He was a high performing state junior athlete having represented the state in both athletics and soccer at national level. Vince moved back to Melbourne in his early 20’s to study a Bachelor of Social Science (Youth Studies) at RMIT University. On finishing his studies, Vince moved back to Adelaide to be closer to his parents, sister and grandmother. Soon after coming back to Adelaide, Vince was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer. He had to take a year off work to battle through numerous operations, radiation and iodine treatments. Being so fit previously, Vince had never spent a night in hospital and rarely saw his family doctor. Cancer came as a major shock to both himself and his family.
After treatment Vince has gone on to work for the Health department in the Northern suburbs as a social worker where he enjoys facilitating groups of young men and women on healthy living and positive relationships. Vince enjoys travelling with his fiancée Natalie, playing soccer at a state level and also playing for the Cancer Voices SA soccer team in 7-a-side competitions to raise awareness of CVSA. Vince also has found great enjoyment in cycling. This was something he picked up whilst recovering from cancer treatment. He rides with the CVSA cycling team, and rode 160km in the 2010 Tour down Under Community Challenge.
