Retiree on a J1: One Tralee woman's journey to America on a student visa at 66

Fiona Griffin always wanted to travel and work abroad - so when she retired in April, what better time was there to head to America to work with young people at a Wisconsin summer camp?

Fiona Griffin, from Tralee, Co Kerry, after passing her van-driving assessment in Wisconsin, USA

Life is full of various points and junctures where you look back and wonder at what might have been, the things you wanted to do, where else things might have ended up but for events, circumstances and intangibles. Would things be any different? Would I be any different?

One person who wasn’t content to leave long-held ambitions on the back-burner any longer is former montessori teacher (and current wedding celebrant) Fiona Griffin, who retired this past April at the age of 66.