Name: Adrianna Kickett

Job Title: Deadly Sista Girlz Coordinator

Family Background/language group/country: My family are Noongar, Pinjarup & Wiilman

Favourite part about your job: Working with such young enthusiastic, energetic and very inspirational young girls

Describe a typical day at work: A day at work consists of being surrounded by the Fremantle College girls in our sessions or break times, having a laugh and a yarn.

Interesting Fact about you: I have never tried to eat olives

Something you like to do in your spare time: go to the beach for a walk or spend time with my fiancé and our dog

Quote to live by: when everything feels like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.

Personal Inspiration: My Dad (Adrian Kickett)

Name: Alicia Janz

Job Title: Deadly Sista Girlz Team Coordinator

Family Background/language group/country: Family Background (Torres Strait Islander/Papua New Guinean, German/English/Irish) Language Group (Merrium Mer) Country (Eastern Islands – Erub, Ugar, Masig)

Favourite part about your job: Seeing our mob learning and thriving

Describe a typical day at work: Contacting our Northside DSG sites, assisting with tasks or events coming up, looking at ways to help our staff at their schools

Interesting Fact about you: Within 4 years, I’ve had 4 sporting surgeries

Something you like to do in your spare time: Football, I’ve recently started painting and sewing

Quote to live by: “Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.” – Mae Jemison

Personal Inspiration: My family

Name:  Brady Grey

Family Background/language group/country: palawa

Favourite part about your job: Providing opportunities for people to express themselves in a different way through the power of AFL football. For people that have never played to those that have played since they have been able to crawl, we are able to offer a unique experience to these as well as everyone in between

Describe a typical day at work: On the road delivering our football program, looking at different ways to continue to improve delivery and create new opportunities for our participants in the football program

Interesting Fact about you: I have never left Australia

Something you like to do in your spare time:  Head to the beach and cafes, spend time with friends

Quote to live by: “Just keep your cool and your sense of humour”

Personal Inspiration: Family

Name: Cassie Davidson

Family Background/language group/country: Balardung, Goreng & Minang

Favourite part about your job: Having the ability to positively impact our DSG’s lives daily in one way or another

Describe a typical day at work: A typical day for me consists of greeting the DSG’s in the morning. Before the day starts my mentor and I will then discuss what activities or sessions we have planned for the day and ensure we have all equipment we need to compete the session. At recess and lunch we sit around have a feed and a bit of a yarn and check in with our DSG’s. Throughout the week where a DSG and my other Mentor sees fit one of us will sit in and offer one on one support to our DSG’s during certain classes. My afternoons will then finish off with a bit of case study/general DSG report note taking.

Interesting Fact about you: I’m really not that interesting

Something you like to do in your spare time: Pretend to surf or allow Grey’s Anatomy to repeatedly break my heart.

Quote to live by: Everything happens for a reason, what is meant to be, will be

Personal Inspiration: Sam Kerr

Name: Gavin Rose

Family Background/language group/country: Australian, English

Favourite part about your job: Helping people overcome barriers to employment.

Describe a typical day at work: The program I work in offers so much variety, and each day can be very different in Reset.  My main daily focus is helping my clients, so that may be visiting them in a custodial environment, in the community or linking them in to a training organisation.  I look at where my client has been in their employment journey so far and where they want to go.  We then focus on putting steps in place to help them get there. My role also involves monitoring our team’s caseloads, as well as reporting and ensuring our team is meeting our contractual obligations.

Interesting Fact about you: I nearly gave up playing football when I was 18 to focus on my Athletics career. I had no intentions to play AFL footy.

Something you like to do in your spare time:  Spend time with my family and friends and love to watch the footy.

Quote to live by:  If it is to be it is up to me!

Personal Inspiration: I’m always inspired by people who overcome adversity.

Name: Kaitlyn Kyle-Taylor

Family Background/language group/country: Wakka Wakka/Birri Gubba (Murri side)  – Ngati Porou/Ngati Kahungunu (Maori side)

Favourite part about your job: Yarning and having one on one mentoring with my DSG girls

Describe a typical day at work: Get up at 6am. Coffee + tunes. Get onto site at around 8am and start most of my morning checking in with my girls and making sure they are all set up for the day. Then head into my office and do some admin things or session planning while girls are in class. Recess and Lunch is a busy time where both the Aboriginal boys and girls are in and out of the unit and we all just catch up.
Throughout the day I will arrange meetings for after school hours (when my girls have gone home) so that I can focus my attention from them to who ever I am meeting with. After the meetings I head home and basically just eat-sleep-repeat.

Interesting Fact about you: I went to a Japanese Primary school and spoke it fluently as a kid + visited the country twice. I am not as fluent anymore but I still understand most of it.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Something creative and artistic e.g painting, creating fun makeup looks and content for my makeup business

Quote to live by: Everything happens for a reason. (My family believe in this saying so much that my mother got it tattooed on her lol)

Personal Inspiration: The blak queens in my life

Name: Kodie Paris

Favourite part about your job: Our Wirra Work family! I am inspired everyday by our amazing staff, clients and partners.

Describe a typical day at work: I love the variety in my role, it can involve anything from consulting with community/corporate/industry/governments, to contract management, to managing the budget and project planning.

Interesting Fact about you: I don’t have a middle name.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Spend time with my family.

Quote to live by: Stand up for what you believe in. 

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

But first, walk a mile in someone else’s shoes.

Personal Inspiration: My Mum and Dad

Name: Lachlan Greenland

Family Background/language group/country: Born in Perth, WA

Favourite part about your job: Meeting with participants and talking about their experiences in each program. Everyone has something new and interesting to say.

Describe a typical day at work: Everyday can be so different, I could be taking photos at a DSG site one day, filming an interview with an employment participant the next, and then editing all of it at the office.

Interesting Fact about you: Along with Australia, I’ve also lived in France and the US.

Something you like to do in your spare time: I like going to the gym and learning new skills like programming.

Quote to live by: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell

Personal Inspiration: Eddie Mabo, because he stood up for what he believed in and even though he never got to see the case against terra nullius pass, it still had a great impact on Indigenous land rights.

Name: Lindal Rohde

Family Background/language group/country: Bendigo, Victoria and Naracoorte, SA

Favourite part about your job: Every day is different because of the amazing staff and participants we get to work with, seeing and hearing about participants making changes to their lives is the most rewarding part of the job.

Describe a typical day at work: Generally I get in pretty early to go through my emails, usually have contact with our funding partners and government Departments before meeting with most of our Commercial Ops team throughout the day. Every day is different, at the moment we are looking at implementing a new strategy across the Foundation which is great for our growth going forward.

Interesting Fact about you: I am allergic to cranberries.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Sport-mainly AFL and netball but pretty much anything outdoors.

Quote to live by: You’re only as good as your next performance not your last.

Personal Inspiration: Maya Angelou-her words are amazing.

Name: Lisa Cunningham

Family Background/language group/country: a Bunburyite WA

Favourite part about your job: the people I work with, the programs we run and the outcomes we are achieving

Describe a typical day at work: Every day is different! Lots of listening and meeting people.

Interesting Fact about you: I started off my working life as a hairdresser!

Something you like to do in your spare time: spending time with my family, exercising, gardening and catching up with friends.

Quote to live by: “Always treat people like you would like to be treated”

Personal Inspiration: “The incredible staff we have at the Foundation

I am so proud of the work we do and the people we employ”

Name: Rebecca Collings

Family Background/language group/country: Ngadadjara/ Wongi

Favourite part about your job: Just being able to help and support people and hearing that a participants has gained employment is pretty amazing too

Describe a typical day at work: Each day is different but usually start with a Buzz meeting, answering emails, meetings with employers and lots of engagement with our participants

Something you like to do in your spare time:  I like to play Softball

Quote to live by:  Everything will be okay in the end. If its’s not okay , it’s not the end

Personal Inspiration: Nick Vujicic

Name: Shanieka Ryder

Family Background/language group/country: Ryder, Garlett, Nelson, Martin. Ballardong, Yuet, Njaki Njaki and Wadjak

Favourite part about your job: Being a support for the girls and being like a big sister. Always encouraging positive self-esteem and trying to remain stress-free 😊

Describe a typical day at work: Come into work, tell the girls to get to class, yarn about their life

Interesting Fact about you: I went on a free trip to LA in 2019

Something you like to do in your spare time: Watch videos on Instagram, go for a walk or workout, hang out with family, sleep

Quote to live by: Everything happens for a reason; it’s either a blessing or a lesson

Personal Inspiration: My mama bear

Name: Sharonah Corpus

Family Background/language group/country: Nyoongar, Yamatji, Nyul Nyul and Yawuru 

Favourite part about your job: Engaging with our clients

Describe a typical day at work: Firstly it would start with a large cup of coffee, checking my emails, greeting hub staff and guest as they walk in. Providing assistance where possible to the coaches.  

Interesting Fact about you: I love Spongebob, I have been collecting since a child

Something you like to do in your spare time:  I play mixed darts in Armadale on a Tuesday night, I also play softball on Saturdays

Quote to live by: What goes around comes around

Personal Inspiration: My mother and my grandmother (DEC)

Name: Tanaya Davis-Harvey

Family Background/language group/country: Ballardong Nyoongar Yorga from Northam.

Favourite part about your job: Seeing the growth of each girl as each day goes by. Also knowing the impact you are having on their life is going to positively enhance every attribute in years to come.

Describe a typical day at work: My starts off with the bus run picking girls up and taking them to school. Before the bell goes for first period we all sit around and have a yarn, mostly about anything and everything. We have a timetabled session with each year group once a week, which varies from period 1 to period 5. During breaks it switches between spending time in the DSG room or walking around the school yard with the girls. My day ends with dropping the girls off home, ready to do it all over again. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Interesting Fact about you: My godfather is Leon ‘Neon’ Davis – who played for Collingwood FC. 

Something you like to do in your spare time: This really depends on my mood, I either like to chill and Netflix binge or do my makeup and take selfies.

Quote to live by: ‘Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King Jr.

Personal Inspiration: My uncle Mark Davis Jr. He has shown me endless times through-out life that the color of your skin is not a barrier to stop you from what you want to achieve in life. We all have stigmas attached from childhood, but the only person that can make positive change and work towards a brighter future is YOU! 

Name: Tim Edwards

Family Background/language group/country: Perth, WA

Favourite part about your job: Developing staff in my teams to be the best version of themselves enabling them to service clients at their full potential.

Describe a typical day at work: I generally start the day with a Justice team meeting to set help staff set up for the day. This is normally followed by meetings with Justice stakeholders or prison visits. The afternoon starts with me reviewing management tools to check performance and then checking in with staff from a safety point of view. The day will finish with me mapping out the following days tasks. 

Interesting Fact about you: I come from German and Spanish heritage.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Spend time with my girls and maintain my health and fitness.

Quote to live by: Every human being has ‘some’ good in them!

Personal Inspiration: Nelson Mandela (The Ultimate Fighter)

Name: D’Arne Corr

Family Background/language group/country: Born and raised in Perth

Favourite part about your job: I love meeting and getting to know our participants. I then get to play a (small) part in being able to share their stories and successes with the wider community.

Describe a typical day at work: My day generally starts with going through our social media channels to check any of our mentions, comments or likes. Then checking through the local and national news to see if there is anything relevant to us as well as if we have any media alerts for the Foundation or any of our mentors. I love that my days are quite varied and can include anything else from creating a flyer, posting or reporting on our socials, drafting a media release, planning events, editing the website and generally any other marketing/communications or events tasks that pop up.

Interesting Fact about you: I was named after a horse trainer

Something you like to do in your spare time: Spending time with my family and friends, head to the beach or read (mostly crime novels)

Quote to live by: “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.” – Stephen Hawking

Personal Inspiration: My family

Name: David Wirrpanda

Family Background/language group/country: I’m a Yorta Yorta Yolngu man from Victoria.

Career Highlights:

• 1996 First game of AFL for the West Coast Eagles
• 2004 Representing Australia in the International Rules Series
• 2005 and 2006 AFL Premierships

Describe a typical day at work: A day’s work for me involves engaging our corporate supporters and working with State and Federal Government to secure funding. As well as working closely with West Coast Eagles.

Quote to live by: “You can feed a man a fish and he’ll eat for a day, or you can teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.”

Personal Inspiration: My family.

Name: Giarna Evans

Family Background/language group/country: Wongatha.

Favourite part about your job: I enjoy my cert III studies.

Describe a typical day at work: A typical day at work is normally laid back although it can have exciting busy moments.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Spending time with family.

Name: Thelma Butler

Family Background/language group/country: Born Leonora. Wongatha

Favourite part about your job: Meeting people and trying to help my mob gain better lives for themselves

Describe a typical day at work: Busy, Interesting

Interesting facts about you: I have 7 dogs and I feed most dogs in Laverton & assist wish foundation with unwanted dogs.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Reading, Arts & crafts, Gardening and going bush to collect nuts to make art.

Quote to live by: Enjoy life to your fullest.

Personal Inspiration: My 2 daughters and my grandson.

Name: Elaine Stevens

Family Background/language group/country: Originally from central island of NZ. I come from a big family & have lots of them.  Moved to Kalgoorlie 15 years ago

Favourite part about your job: Working in CDP, seeing the change in staff & participants.

Describe a typical day at work: Doing whatever needs doing across programme meetings, employment development.

Interesting facts about you: Qualified Nurse. Worked in a prison.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Being with grandchildren, scrapbooking and watching renovation shows.

Quote to live by: Be brave, be bold enough to be your true self.

Personal Inspiration: Do or do not, there is no try.

Name: Laurel Henry

Family Background/language group/country: Noongar- Balladong, Yamatji- Badimaya

Favourite part about your job: Helping People reach goals & putting people in employment.

Describe a typical day at work: Daily appointments.

Interesting facts about you: I enjoy singing.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Going back home to Quairading & Mt Magnet and catching up with family.

Quote to live by: “take every day as it comes”

Personal Inspiration: My Family.

Name: Jennie Matthews

Family Background/language group/country: Kiwi born, Australian Citizenship.

Favourite part about your job: Being able to help our Jobseeker’s with issues they may have.

Describe a typical day at work: Appointments, updating job plan & JSID’s, resumes, cat assessments, consent forms, going through IMTS with jobseeker’s, field phone calls for all our Goldfield Offices and Cleaning.

Interesting facts about you: Yet to be discovered.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Spending time with my dogs and cat.

Quote to live by: Most of the criminal minds quotes.

Personal Inspiration: Hattie.

Name: Tahnie Dorizzi

Family Background/language group/country: Aboriginal, Yamatji – Geraldton.

Favourite part about your job: Working with job seekers and helping them achieve their goals in employment.

Describe a typical day at work: A typical day would be going in to the office helping with Centrelink, appointments, PPS and admin.

Interesting facts about you: Being me😊

Something you like to do in your spare time: I love spending time with family, going bush and just enjoying life.

Quote to live by: Such Is Life.

Name: Sandra Taiepa

Family Background/language group/country: New Zealand/ Maori

Favourite part about your job: Meeting likes with people – interacting with others.

Describe a typical day at work: Day to day activity get the jobseekers out into employment.

Interesting facts about you: I’m a people person, live life to the fullness

Something you like to do in your spare time: Relax – chillout with friends when in Kalgoorlie.

Quote to live by: All my Grandchildren & Children.

Personal Inspiration: Motivation.

Name: Manoa Nailiva

Family Background/language group/country: Fiji  – 8 siblings & I’m the only one in Australia

Favourite part about your job: Providing assistance with a mixture of abilities to aid Jobseekers in any possible way to get them into employment. Meeting people from diverse background and building a close relationship with all individuals.

Describe a typical day at work: It would be meeting the whole team on team meetings. Helping any individual that may need assistance during the day. Getting the job done.

Interesting facts about you: Humble, honest & dedicated, Father of 4 beautiful Daughters 

Something you like to do in your spare time: Calling & speaking to my family back in Fiji. Bible studying & praying, Exercise/ bodywork outs (physically, mentally, spiritual).

Quote to live by:

“obedience is better than sacrifice.”

“fear is a sickness, it will eat you up and leave you rotten. Strike it from your heart.”

Personal Inspiration: God is my main inspiration & my mother inspired me to be the person I am today.

Name: Alan Taiepa

Family Background/language group/country: NZ Maori & English.

Favourite part about your job: Engaging with the community. Fixing building things for the community. Giving back to the community.

Describe a typical day at work: Setting up gear at the workshop for participants, load the trailer up & going around to community to do any jobs that need doing & collecting rub bush in the village.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Catch up with family

Quote to live by: Think smarter not harder.

Name: Garry Adams

Family Background/language group/country: Wongi from Leonora.

Favourite part about your job: Engaging with the jobseekers & community.

Describe a typical day at work: Always making things like welding cleaning & helping Elders.

Interesting facts about you: West Coast Eagles Supporter.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Hunting, prospecting, fishing & visiting family.

Quote to live by: Every day is a new beginning

Personal Inspiration: Yarning with the class

Name: Christopher Hedlam

Family Background/language group/country: Yamatji

Favourite part about your job: Interacting with workers & participants.

Describe a typical day at work: Sitting around talking about job details & safety issues & how to do the tasks safely.

Interesting facts about you: Easy to get on with Good listener.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Gold detecting Playing Darts & going bush.

Quote to live by: Smile & Wave

Personal Inspiration: My Grandchildren.

Name: Jason Harris

Family Background/language group/country: Australian.

Favourite part about your job: Working with community.

Interesting facts about you: I’m an electrician by trade.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Play with mechanic stuff.

Quote to live by: Be happy not crappy.

Personal Inspiration: Alan & Gary.

Name: Angeletta Simpson

Family Background/language group/country: Wagarri (Yamatji Speak)

Favourite part about your job: Art supervisor & doing the Gardens.

Describe a typical day at work: Selling all the ladies & men paintings & also watching my garden growing at the back.

Interesting facts about you: That I am also enjoying my art work and sharing with others.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Painting and heading out bush to go hunting.

Quote to live by: Share more of my talents with others that I meet and everyday people.

Personal Inspiration: Sitting down with the ladies & sharing my ideas.

Name: Kellie-jo Bolton

Job Title: Administration Assistant

Location: Kalgoorlie

Family Background/language group/country: Wongatha, Nyoongar and Yamitji

Favourite part about your job: Working with a great team

Interesting Fact about you: I love West Coast Eagles!!

Something you like to do in your spare time: Chill at home or shopping

Name: Mariah Woods

Job Title: DSG Mentor

Location: North Albany Senior High School

Family Background/language group/country: Woods’, Menang

Favourite part about your job: Introducing the girls to new things and seeing them come out of their comfort zone

Describe a typical day at work: Its never the same. Typical day would be making sure the girls go to class on time, making sure all lessons are prepped and ready to go, bonding with the girls.

Interesting Fact about you: I laugh to much

Something you like to do in your spare time: Beach, four wheel driving and camping

Quote to live by: Tough times never last but tough people do

Name: Fiona Simpson

Job Title: DSG Coordinator

Location: North Albany Senior High School

Family Background/language group/country: Woods/Williams/Simpson- Menang Tribe

Favourite part about your job: Making a difference in young Noongar girls lives, seeing a smile on their faces.

Describe a typical day at work: A typical day at work would be running around after these girls, getting them to class, feeding them, listening to how they are doing & encouraging them to set goals in life.

Interesting Fact about you: I love to watch Friends haha

Something you like to do in your spare time: In my spare time I love to spend it up at my Mum & Dads house.

Quote to live by: “If you don’t like the road your walking, start paving another one!”

Personal Inspiration: My most inspirational person would have to be my Mum, she`s always been my number supporter, my go to person & when I’m having a bad day just seeing my Mum makes my day better.

Name: Ben Webb                        

Job Title: VTEC Mentor

Location: Perth Metro

Family Background/language group/country: Language Group – Wiradhuric ;  Country Wiradjuri (Central NSW)

Favourite part about your job: my favourite part about my job is helping our candidates helping them to achieve their goals.

Describe a typical day at work: Typical day at work consists of contacting our candidates regularly and assisting them to reach their goals, working closely with the employment service providers and undertake business development and reverse marketing for our candidates to find meaningful employment.

Something you like to do in your spare time: In my spare time I like to spend time with my family

Quote to live by: The secret to getting ahead is getting started

Personal Inspiration: My Family

Name: Lennon Marlin                        

Job Title: Bunuru Coordinator

Location: EVP Warehouse

Family Background: Ballardong/Goreng

Favourite part of my job: The privilege to be in a position to make a change in someone’s life

Typical Day: Doing the rounds of train stations/homes to pick up our young people. Then engaging young person’s in an employment/training experience in which we build to further education or employment opportunities. Also a focus on recreation and health and well-being throughout.

Interesting fact: Born in the Apple Isle (Tasmania)

Spare time: Play extremely average golf

Quote to live by: “It’s got a game-like quality to it, this game called life. If you continue to put your mind to it, the game opens up new levels.” – Kevin Hart

Personal Inspiration: My Moort, and two of the greats Cooky and Dale Kickett

Name: Bianca Corciulo

Job Title: Community Engagement Manager – Yaaliku Region

Location: Perth, Kalgoorlie

Family Background/language group/country: Italian, Croatian, Irish

Favourite part about your job:  Listening to the needs of communities and driving positive change through effective Community Development Programs.  

Describe a typical day at work: Flying to remote CDP community locations, positive engagement with Elders, Families and Stakeholders in creating and developing projects that benefit local community.

Interesting Fact about you: I have 3 beautiful children and have worked across local Community and Employment Programs over the past 20 + years.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Work on my side hustle business!

Quote to live by: Live, Dream, Aspire, Deliver.

Personal Inspiration: Kamala Harris.

Name: Christina Geerlings

Job Title: Assistant Business Coach

Location: Perth – Wirra Business Hub

Family Background/language group/country: Dad is Dutch – Mother is Bardi from Ardyaloon (One Arm Point – Kimberley’s)

Favourite part about your job: The Business Coaches have this extensive knowledge/insight into all things business and MORE and I get to be a part of it every day; Learning from them and tapping into their wealth of knowledge. But while this is happening, I get to meet/support the amazing Aboriginal Businesses and learn from them also.

Describe a typical day at work: Coffee, Learning, Laughing, more coffee and more learning!

Something you like to do in your spare time: I like to take my two dogs to the beach on weekends. Or laze around with a good book.

Quote to live by: “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself” (Coco Chanel)

Personal Inspiration:

My Oma (Grandmother)

My Dad

Name: Stacey Mourish

Job Title: Deadly Sista Girlz Team Coordinator– South

Location: Based at MRP and often visiting sites between Perth to Albany.

Language group/country:  Whadjuk, Ballardong, with strong ties to Yuet.

Favourite part about your job: Mentoring and coaching staff to gain confidence in their working role.   

Describe a typical day at work: No two days are ever the same but on a typical day you can find me in the MRP office coordinating sites and lending a hand to the Wirra club program or out visiting the DSG school sites ensuring the DSG program is running efficiently.

Something you like to do in your spare time: Spend as much time as I can with my family.

Quote to live by:  Set your sights high, the higher the better. Expect the most wonderful things to happen, not in the future but right now. Realize that nothing is too good. Allow absolutely nothing to hamper you or hold you up in any way.

Personal Inspiration: My mum, she is the most selfless person I know. She inspires me to be the best I can be. She role models to me the importance of being kind and to never have hate in your heart. Although she has suffered hardship and adversity she always keeps her faith and a positive attitude.  

Name: Paula McCreath

Job Title: Data Analyst

Location: Perth

Family Background/language group/country: Scottish/Canadian/British and now Australian

Favourite part about your job: Helping the Foundation tell stories through data

Interesting Fact about you: I was Christened on a Submarine

Personal Inspiration: My Mom

Name: Duana Nickels

Job Title: DSG Mentor

Location: Northam Senior High School 

Family Background/language group/country: Am a proud Nyoongar, Bardi, Larrakia women.

Favourite part about your job: Building bonds and watching the girls grow into young independent, strong women.

Describe a typical day at work: The girls always know how to brighten up and bring joy and laughter into the room with me and Tanaya.

Interesting Fact about you: I play the Alto Saxophone. I’ve been playing since year 7 (9 years) 

Something you like to do in your spare time: Paint and sing

Quote to live by: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world” – Nelson Mandela

Personal Inspiration: Nelson Mandela (education) and Eminem (for my music) 

Name: Hannah Swainston

Job Title: Coordinator – People and Capability

Location: Head office in Lathlain

Family Background/language group/country: I was born and raised in Perth although by Dad is from Cotswolds in England and my Mum is from Albany in Western Australia

Favourite part about your job: Being a part of welcoming new employees to the Foundation

Describe a typical day at work: I always check my emails when I first get into work and from there, every day is different depending on the needs of the Foundation

Interesting Fact about you: I started my journey with the Wirrpanda Foundation as an intern and I now work here full time

Something you like to do in your spare time: After being inside an office for most of the week, I like to go outside to the beach for a swim or for a walk around the local parks near my house and catch up with my friends

Quote to live by: Everything happens for a reason

Personal Inspiration: My family and friends

Name: Lina M. Fernandez

Job Title: Quality and Compliance Coordinator

Location: Lathlain

Family Background/language group/country: Born and raised in Colombia (South America). Languages: Spanish and English.

Favourite part about your job: I find the Quality and Compliance area fascinating. I love that there is always something new to learn.  I am really passionate about learning new things and improving, and I consider myself very lucky to work in a field that is always changing and growing with capabilities and ideas.

Describe a typical day at work: My day generally starts by reviewing my email and my workplan. This is normally followed by reviewing and assessing a process of the organisation and looking for a way to standardise this. During the day, I may need to create a document, review trainings or review the relevant legislation for applicable for the organisation.

Interesting Fact about you: Well there are some facts about myself…

• I started university when I was 16 years old.
• I was 7-years-old when I did paragliding for the first time.

Something you like to do in your spare time:

• Go to the Gym.
• Cook Colombian Food.
• Dance Salsa any other Latin rhythm.

Quote to live by: “Every day bring new choices”.

Personal Inspiration: My mum.

Family Background: I am Noongar man from Tammin

Job Role: CDP Activity Supervisor Coordinator

Location: Based in Perth and working across the Yaaliku Region

Favourite part of being a mentor: As a team, any success we have no matter how big or small it may be.

Personal inspiration: My family.

Quote to live by: “Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.” – Muhammad Ali