Ravinder was born in Cork in 1984 after her parents had moved to Ireland from India. She describes her early memories of living there with her family. When she was five they moved to England and settled in the West Midlands. However, she has always considered herself to be Irish and in the interview describes why this identity is important to her and why she, and her father, have retained their Irish passports. Ravinder reflects on the experience of being part of Irish, English and Indian communities and how this has affected her life as a young woman and given her a unique outlook. She describes her time in school and university and her travels afterwards. Ravinder tells of the positive benefit that she gained from being part of the Irish community whilst working in Hong Kong. Ravinder also talks about how being Irish has resulted in involvement in and commitment to the Irish Blind and Visually Impaired Tennis team and to the Birmingham Irish Association which has recently resulted in employment as Activities and Wellbeing Officer with the Association.