She thinks everyone deserves high quality care - no matter where they live.

The 21-year-old is a University of Newcastle Faculty of Health and Science student ambassador and is also part of the university's Rural Health Society as an allied health officer.

Those roles put her at the forefront of an initiative to encourage students to find jobs in rural areas when they finish their studies.

Ms Johns is in her final year of a Bachelor of Podiatry at the university's Ourimbah campus and hopes to work in Maitland after she graduates.

She grew up in Gloucester and moved to Bolwarra Heights six months ago. She has entered the 2020 Maitland Showgirl competition to expand her community involvement and make new friends.

She is already fond of the showgirl movement - she was the Gloucester Showgirl in 2018 and 2019.

"I had such a positive experience with that. The show movement is about finding an ambassador for rural youth and promoting agricultural shows and I've grown up in Gloucester helping out in the shows in the horse ring as a steward and helping at the junior cattle show," she said.

"Everyone says the showgirl experience is such a great opportunity, so I wanted to get involved while I still could."

Ms Johns is an avid volunteer and was named 2019 Maitland Young Citizen of the Year on Australia Day. She was a finalist in the 2019 Regional Youth Service Awards' Inspirational Young Person of the Year for Maitland/Dungog.

She is the Agricultural Societies Council Next Generation Group 3 Delegate and part of the executive committee. That role, which she has held for about two years, involves holding events and activities across the state to encourage youth to become involved in agricultural shows.

She was part of the Lake Macquarie Youth Advisory Council and attended the UNICEF Drought Summit.

The 2020 Maitland Showgirl, and placegetters, will be announced on February 14 at the Maitland Show official opening.