accreditations
Certified Transformational Coach.
2021 ICF ACC Accreditation#009596951I
Registered Speech Pathologist.
Specialising in trauma-informed careThesis: Goal-oriented behaviour and Autism Spectrum Disorder
#15756
Australian Psychological Society Member.
#354511
Medicare Provider.
#1945291B Current Australian Working With Children, NDIS and Police checks.
education
Spinal Energetics.
Dr. Sarah Jane, Melbourne, Australia, 2025Post-graduate Diploma Psychology.
University of Adelaide, Australia, 2021-2025Sauna Master.
Denmark, 2025Bath Academy Sauna Courses.
Lithuania, 2025 (Whisking, Sauna ABC, Construction)One-Year Poetry Mentorship.
Sara Larsen, Berlin, 2022-2023 (Guidance to construct contemporary poetry)Internal Family Systems: Level 1.
Internal Family Systems Institute, USA,
2022 (Integration of self with 'parts-work')Transpersonal Life Coaching Certification.
Sofia University, USA, 2021B.A. (First Class Honours) Speech and Communication Therapy.
University of Queensland, Australia, 2008-2011B.A. Arts & Humanities: Philosophy, Art and Anthropology.
University of Queensland, Australia, 2007employment
Speech Therapist, Coach, Trainer
2025-ongoing Re:think Dyslexia, Melbourne, Australia. Supporting neurodivergent young people and adults
Peer Services
2025-ongoing Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
Mental-Health Coach
2021 - ongoingIt's Complicated/Minimum Wines/Humanitarian Coaching Network, Berlin (Germany) and Melbourne (Australia). Client-centred one-one and organisational coaching, holistic and growth-based.
Co-Founder and Creative Director
2017 - ongoingMinimum Wines, Melbourne (Australia). Brand development, partnerships and collaborations, leadership, communications, writing; B Corp, 5% to positive impact, organic, lo-fi wine company.
Co-Founder and Creative Director
2013 - 2020Grown and Gathered, Australia/Europe/NewZealand/USA. Brand development, education and advocacy, social media (60k), touring, facilitation, photography, writing, partnerships and collaborations, leadership; food and life philosophy.
Senior Speech and Communication Therapist
2013
Goulburn Valley Health, Shepparton (Australia). Multi-disciplinary team, specialising in paediatric (0-18 years) Traumatic Brain Injury, developmental language, feeding and mental health. Working in partnership with The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Speech and Communication Therapist
2012
Western Health, Sunshine (Australia). Specialising in paediatric (0-18 years) developmental language, infant/childhood feeding, mental health and Autism Spectrum Disorder.
businesses
Minimum Wines (B-Corp)
Grown & Gathered
publications
The Village
Pan MacMillan Publishing, 2018
Grown & Gathered
Pan MacMillan Publishing, 2016 & Gingko Press, 2018awards
Golden Keys (Academic Top 15%), 2025
Young Guns of Wine, 2021 & 2023
ABDA Best Illustrated Book Award, 2016
Banksia Sustainable Communities Award, 2015
The Readings Best Book Award, 2016
Gourmet Traveller Best Book Award, 2016
Deans Commendation High Academic Achievement and Scholarship, 2011
culture and identity
B1 Italian, A1 German
Breast-cancer survivor
Mother of a daughter
Italian / Australian dual-citizen
Previously lived in Italy, Germany and Denmark
LGBTQIA+ Ally
Neuroaffirming