'Helping people is what I like to do' - meet our Young Citizen of the Year

The Bowral High School vice captain was named as this year's Young Citizen of the Year in the Highlands, at the region's Australia Day celebration.

She was nominated alongside Sarah Ruse and Nash Linsley.

"It's a complete honour and it shows that hard work pays off," she said.

"People have helped me and I have just given back, and they've supported me through everything."

Since she battled acute lymphoblastic leukaemia as a child, she has been a Children's Cancer Institute (CCIA) ambassador for more than six years.

With the Institute, she has been involved in their Build for a Cure cause, where Macdonald Jones built a home in four weeks, and $700,000 was raised.

She has also been involved in the Endure a Cure initiative, and did flying trapeze to raise funds for the CCIA's Dare to Cure fundraising day, which focuses on medical research.

The Young Citizen of the Year has told her story to help fundraise for Camp Quality, was a top seller during the charity's cookie dough fundraiser, and raised more than $6800 for its Locks for Laughs initiative.

"Helping people is what I like to do and I take great pleasure in it," she said.

She is also a member of the Bowral High student representative council, and has organised for the school, and others in the community to take part in the CCIA's 86K for a Cure.

For the initiative, people need to do 86km every March, which represents the 86 children who are diagnosed with cancer every month in Australia.