Having lived through three ministrokes in total, since 2013 Ms Wong has been using her experience to help inform others about the signs of stroke, treatment and prevention.

As a StokeSafe Ambassador for the Stroke Foundation, Ms Wong said she felt privileged to be in a position where she could potentially help others. 

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"On paper I have perfect health. If you met me, you wouldn't think I was someone who had three ministrokes," she said.

"I wasn't living my life like I was in danger of falling off a cliff one day."

Tasmania has the highest stroke rate per capita in the country, with about 1500 people experiencing a stroke each year. 

A ministroke occurs when the brain experiences a temporary lack of blood flow.

While causing stroke-like symptoms, ministrokes usually resolve within 24 house and on its own will not cause permanent disabilities. 

However, about one in three people who experience a ministroke will later experience a stroke. 

Ms Wong said she considered her ministrokes as three big warning signs. 

"When it happened, I was right in the middle of talking to someone and then suddenly it was like I couldn't understand what they were saying," she said. 

"Suddenly I would say something irrelevant, like I was talking in my sleep. I went straight to my GP, who said I had just described a textbook ministroke. 

"The next day my symptoms had completely disappeared, so the danger for many people is to just forget it ever happened. Even after my ministrokes I was still quite ignorant of how serious it was."

The Stroke Foundation is recruiting volunteers to become StrokeSafe Ambassadors, with a training session to be held in Launceston in June. 

Ambassadors do not have to be stroke survivors. For more information call 1800 787 653 or email volunteer@strokefoundation.com.au.