Speaking Topics & Styles
I deliver story-led keynotes, practical workshops, panels, and MC hosting, always in plain English and focused on real-world action. My keynotes are designed to shift perspective and build understanding, while workshops are interactive and “how-to” based, giving people simple steps, scripts, and templates they can use straight away. I also facilitate community conversations and listening sessions in a structured way that centres lived experience without tokenism, and I tailor each session to the audience, purpose, and accessibility needs.
I speak on youth leadership and youth mental health; disability inclusion and everyday accessibility (including hidden disability); women’s empowerment; and ethically led lived-experience leadership that drives change without harm. I also cover civics and politics in plain English, how to decode government language, tailor your story for different audiences, and make clear asks that lead to action. My talks are practical and tool-based, featuring real life examples If there’s a topic you don’t see here but it aligns with my work, I’d love to collaborate with you to shape a session that fits your audience and event goals.
Keynote topics:
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Turning Pain Into Purpose And Lived Experience Into Action
This keynote explores the power of labels, identity, and belonging, and how inclusion can change the direction of a life.
I share my story of living with disability, Autism, and mental health challenges, and how I turned pain into purpose through youth leadership and advocacy.
This is through personal reflection and a short interactive activity, I connect those experiences to my work through Bridge 4 Better, highlighting disability inclusion, youth voice, mental health awareness, and building fairer communities where people are supported to grow and lead.
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Inclusion Doesn't Stop At The Door
This explores inclusion as everyday practice, not just a value, by looking at what actually determines whether people can access events, services, workplaces, and community spaces.
I share my lived experience navigating disability and mental health systems, and how unintentional exclusion often shows up through processes, assumptions, or environments that weren’t designed with everyone in mind, especially in regional areas where access and resources can be limited.
Through real-world stories and a short demonstration using a familiar scenario, the keynote helps audiences recognise hidden barriers early and understand how practical, upfront accessibility choices can create safer, clearer, more inclusive spaces where everyone can participate.
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Workshops
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Advocacy & Activism on and offline
Best for: Individuals, organisations, NGOs, and not-for-profits starting out in advocacy or activism.
Content: A practical advocacy & Activism skills session covering how to plan and run a campaign across emails, meetings, follow-ups, and social media.
Participants learn simple scripts and message structures, how to build credibility with evidence, and how to turn attention into clear next steps.
I do this drawing on my electorate-office, volunteer advocacy and social media experiance.
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Politics 101: What you need to know (but they don’t teach)
Best for: Schools, libraries, community groups, and regional/multicultural settings, with content fact-checked using official sources like the AEC and parliamentary resources.
Content: A non-partisan, beginner-friendly workshop that simplifies Australian politics for first-time voters and people excluded from “insider” civic (political) language.
Using short animated explainers and interactive activities, participants learn the basics (preferential voting, separation of powers, and how policy debates work), take part in a mock election (vote + count), and complete a neutral “voting compass” activity that compares their priorities with party positions.
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For intro to Politics (civic) in Australia
Best for: Organisations, businesses, NGOs, and not-for-profits.
Content: A hands-on guide to how decisions move through local, state, and federal government, and where everyday people and organisations can influence outcomes.
Participants leave with resources they you can use.
Example: How to translate government language into plain English, shape a lived-experience message for the right audience, and make a clear, actionable ask.
