Career Portfolio

Sustainability Educator at Reverse Garbage

In my current role as a Sustainability Educator, my responsibilities include;
- Facilitating workshops for preschool, primary and high school students designed to promote pro-environmental behaviours through Creative Arts and Science activities.
- Delivering professional development sessions for businesses and schools to guide the implementation of sustainable practice at an organisational level.

Primary School Teacher at NSW Department of Education, MLC School and Trinity Grammar School

Fast-tracked to a permanent position at Guildford Public School as part of the NSW Department of Education's Targeted Graduate Program.
Planned, delivered and evaluated high quality learning programs across all Key Learning Areas of the NSW Syllabi and Australian Curriculum.
Developed and implemented detailed, individualised strategies to nurture and support students working both above and below grade level expectations.
Worked with children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including;
- First Nations students,
- Students from refugee backgrounds,
- Students from trauma backgrounds, including children living in out-of-home care,
- Students from EAL/D backgrounds,
- Students with intellectual and/or physical disabilities.

Children's Manager and Book Buyer at Better Read Than Dead

Re-imagined the store's suite of educational programs by creating, advertising and operating the first Beginner, Middle Grade and Teen Book Clubs.
Innovated the Better Read Kids communication strategies and social media channels by introducing video content and a fortnightly EDM to subscribed customers.
Selected, ordered and merchandised books for the Children’s Section of the store, including new releases, back list titles and special orders.
Supported the distribution of books to schools and libraries across Greater Sydney, including the operation of Book Fairs during Book Week and other special occasions.

Master of Education from UNSW

Volunteer Co-Editor at Australian Earth Laws Alliance (AELA)

Designed, co-edited and launched the first AELA Earth Arts anthology, with the aim of providing creatives a platform to ‘reflect, lament, provoke, celebrate and challenge our ideas about ourselves and our relationships with other life and life-supporting systems on our planet’.

Intern at FEAT. Artists

Run by Australian musician Heidi Lenffer, FEAT. is 'an artist-led climate innovations agency that mobilises the cultural and financial power of the entertainment industry to better our world'.
Innovated FEAT.'s social media strategy by introducing video content, including a series during the Covid-19 lockdown during which Australian musicians responded to voice notes from fans.
Wrote and published a collection of blog posts during the Covid-19 lockdown, including;
- No News Is Good News, Right? An Ode to Climate Change Coverage
- Nature in the New Normal
- In Conversation with Room 2 Radio

Honours Thesis at UTS TD School

Awarded First Class Honours for Motivating Action: The Role of Storytelling in Climate Change Communication and Education.

Bachelor of Communications in Creative Writing and Journalism from UTS

Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation from UTS

Diploma of Languages from UTS

Intern at Grumpy Sailor

Conducted key action research with the aim of innovating Grumpy Sailor's creative practice by exploring the question;
- What is the future of storytelling and how might organisations anticipate and respond to it?
Worked collaboratively to create a deck of method cards designed to support effective storytelling and stimulate divergent thinking among Grumpy Sailor employees.