Age: 37

Hometown: Clondalkin, Co. Dublin

Career/Qualifications: Studied the performing arts in Dublin and London, and worked in the theatre. Now works as a spiritual healing medium in Dublin.

Volunteer Experience: None to date.

Maree Loves: Finding money in her pocket, waking up to a blue sky and making people smile.

Maree Hates: Ignorance, rudeness and discrimination.

Maree feels her strengths are: Resilience (following a hit and run accident Maree was in a coma for three months but recovered to astonish her surgeons).

Maree Believes: 'Volunteering is not a choice it's a responsibility'.

Interesting Fact: Maree was the first female lighting rigger in Dublin's Abbey Theatre.