Point Cook’s Monique Quach began her business, MQ Essentials – Pure Essential Oil & Crystal, during lockdown in 2020 when she was just 13 years old. The now 16-year-old was last year named “Young Business Person of the Year” at the 2023 Wyndham Business awards. She told Cade Lucas about what living in Wyndham means to her.
What’s your connection to Wyndham?
My connection to Wyndham is all my life experiences have been in Wyndham. I’ve lived here since birth, my family is here, all of my friends are here, my education is here, and my extracurricular activities have all been here.
What do you like about where you live?
I like that my friends are so close to where I live and there’s so much to do in Wyndham. I go running on the running trails, I go shopping or go to the movies with my friends. We go out for dinners, or to the beach, or the Werribee Mansion for picnics. I like that I’m never bored.
What, if anything, would you change about where you live?
If I could change anything about where I live it would mainly be infrastructure. For example, improving roads such as the backroads to Werribee or the single lane on Point Cook Road where traffic can be an absolute nightmare. Just keeping up with the changing of the times and the big population in Wyndham.
Where is your favourite local place to spend time?
My favourite local places to spend time are the Werribee South beach and Wyndham Harbour. I love tanning, building sandcastles and playing in the water. Plus beaches have so many benefits like vitamin D, the sand is a natural exfoliant and the sea water is good for your skin and healing scrapes and sores.
Tell us something people would be surprised to know about you.
Something people would be surprised to know about me is I have been doing kickboxing, MMA and Brazilian jujitsu for around 4 years. I love keeping fit, I love the sparring aspect of the sport and I’ve got so much support from my coaches at Martial Fitness Australia. I’ve made some of my closest friends doing the sport.
