English is my first language. I grew up just outside of ottawa, the capital of canada,. Studied at the university of toronto and then moved to england for a master's degree in history. And that is where i met an icelandic man who became president of ice in 20 16. As the spouse of the head of state, i have a very undefined roll, if you can even say a roll at all. There is no handbook for how to be the spouse of a head of state. So i like to look that as an opportunity to use this somewhat unexpected platform to speak out about issues that i think are important.