A former professional cricketer and Iron Man competitor, Kath Koschel has defied all medical prognoses by teaching herself to walk on three separate occasions. Despite facing other serious personal, mental and physical setbacks, her resilience has allowed her to not only overcome these challenges but also see the good in the world when most others couldn't.On November 2015, Kath founded the Kindness Factory, a global not-for-profit organisation and movement that inspires ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Over four million acts of kindness (and counting) have since been logged. To date, she has raised close to half a million dollars for various charity organisations, and she was the recipient of the 2016 Pride of Australia Medal for showing courage in the face of extreme adversity. In January 2017, Kath was awarded the Young Australian Medal and in 2018 she was the National Australia Day Ambassador.