Alana Gunn: Head Coach of Canterbury United Pride women's football team

Alana Gunn is head coach of Canterbury United Pride women's football team, and she's coached the team to three successive victories in the national league in the past three years. She's had to be patient in her coaching career, working her way up alongside other paid work to get to the role she is in today. She's a player-centred coach, and creates an environment where girls and women feel safe, valued and part of a community."You have to be brave to improve something and spend time where you're uncomfortable. Sometimes it just takes a deep breath and a first step forward to get yourself there. And I think when you're there, you find it's a lot easier than you originally imagined it could be."