Melbourne Team
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Jess
Location Seaford
About Jessica grew up on the Mornington Peninsula and has recently illustrated a children’s book.
Education Studying Community Services.
Strengths Great at building rapport and has experience in therapeutic play.
Interests Art, music, hiking, video games, cooking, health and fitness.
Fun Fact Has a bulldog named Beyoncé.
Superpower Creativity.
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Jack
Location Brunswick
About Jack has a background in commerce and tech, and studied in the Netherlands.
Education Studying Psychology.
Strengths Jack has a strong desire to help people, he is patient, and has strong communication skills.
Interests Watching the footy, playing golf, and cooking for friends and family.
Fun Fact Father of a Rottweiler named Eva.
Superpower Finding humour in any situation.
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Lea
Location Ivanhoe
About Lea grew up in Melbourne and has worked as a nanny for families with neurodiverse children.
Education Bachelor of Arts and studying Masters of Public Policy.
Strengths Experience in child development and mental health.
Interests Cooking, 4x4 driving, and walking her dog Hazel.
Fun Fact Had a lisp as a child, but watching hi-5 made it disappear.
Superpower Her Napoli Sauce.
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Jade
Location Preston
About Jade grew up in rural South Australia before moving to Melbourne to attend university.
Education Studying Masters of Clinical Psychology.
Strengths Has experience working in mental health.
Interests Watching live music, spending time outdoors, and travelling to new places with friends.
Fun Fact Unbeatable in Mario Kart.
Superpower An ability to connect with others.
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Lucas
Location Ivanhoe
About Lucas grew up in Ivanhoe. With an Italian Dad and a Macedonian mother, he has travelled extensively.
Education Studying Psychology.
Strengths Has a strong interest in mental health.
Interests Skiing, dirt biking, 4x4 driving, camping, cooking and socialising.
Fun Fact Can hold his breath for 3+ minutes.
Superpower Cooking for others.
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Lauren
Location Pascoe Vale
About Lauren grew up in South Australia and moved to Melbourne in 2018. She is a mother to one boy.
Education Child, Youth and Family Intervention.
Strengths Experience in mental health, child and youth, and community access support.
Interests Family and friends, reading books, listening to music and travelling to new places.
Fun Fact Has lived in America and Canada.
Superpower Empathy and compassion.
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Declan
Location Essendon
About Declan grew up in Essendon with an older brother, loves playing footy and travelling.
Education Studying Exercise Science.
Strengths Has an interest in mental health and can build rapport quickly.
Interests Playing and watching sport, nutrition, golf and travelling.
Fun Fact Learning to speak Japanese.
Superpower Calm in a crisis.
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Georgia
Location Elwood
About Grew up in in Melbourne and moved to Spain to study. Loves to travel and particularly loves her puppy.
Education Bachelor of Arts
Strengths Excellent at building relationships, fast learner, and great at working one-on-one with individuals from any background.
Interests Movies, music, sport, cooking, travelling, animals, and outdoor activities.
Fun fact Is learning to speak Spanish.
Superpower Can chat to absolutely anyone.
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Odyssee
Location Northcote
About Odyssee is one of five girls and was born and raised in France before moving to Australia.
Education Currently studying Psychology, Counselling and Mental Health.
Strengths Strong interest in psychology, mental health, and health and wellbeing.
Interests Yoga, cooking, reading, movies, art, walking in nature, travelling and exploring.
Fun Fact Loves martial arts.
Superpower A great listener.
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Tom
Location Kensington
About Tom grew up in Melbourne with two younger brothers and a herd of dogs and chickens.
Education Journalism and History.
Strengths Communicating and building rapport.
Interests Movies, cooking, gaming, writing and a lot of reading.
Fun fact Has helped write and produce a short horror film.
Superpower Can talk to anyone about anything.
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Silvia
Location Reservoir
About From Peru and moved to Australia in 2017. She speaks, Spanish, Italian, and English.
Education Social Studies, and Community services.
Strengths Experienced in personal care, manual handling, and an interest in dementia and animal therapy.
Interests Reformer Pilates, animals, and helping other.
Fun Fact Sometimes starts a phrase in Spanish, adds some Italian and finishes in English.
Superpower Empathy
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Michael
Location Strathmore
About Grew up in Castlemaine and is the youngest of three children.
Education Currently exploring.
Strengths Listening to other’s stories and creating a positive bond with people.
Interests Loves playing football, all sports, the outdoors and building connections with people.
Fun Fact Raced cars as a kid.
Superpower Connecting with people.
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Margie
Location Preston
About Margie grew up in Wagga Wagga with her three sisters, before moving to the city.
Education Sociology and studying Speech Pathology.
Strengths Margie is fun, adventurous, and caring.
Interests Spending time in nature, swimming in the ocean, going to gigs and reading a good book.
Fun Fact Loves to snowboard.
Superpower Making people laugh.
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Luke
Location Moonee Ponds
About South-African born New Zealander, having called Australia home for over a decade.
Education Diploma of Community Services, studying Bachelor of Social Work.
Strengths Supporting individuals with anxiety, depression, forensic history, intellectual disabilities, and autism.
Interests Field hockey, travelling, trying other cultures food, movies, and up-cycling.
Fun Fact Has a brother, 11 years younger.
Superpower Connecting with others.
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Louis
Location Kensington
About One of four boys, NSW born and raised, living in Melbourne since 2015.
Education Grad Diploma of Psychology, studying Masters of Professional Psychology.
Strengths Supporting varied cohorts with mental health, trauma, and addiction.
Interests Loves cooking, cycling, hiking, reading, video games, and has just started playing basketball.
Fun Fact Meditates every day.
Superpower Empathy.
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Ellen
Location Prahran
About Ellen has a background in journalism and when she’s not studying, she’s running long distance.
Education Studying Psychology.
Strengths Ellen has experience working in child development, mental health - anxiety, depression, PTSD.
Interests Touch football, baking, AFL, reading, cooking.
Fun Fact Has more energy than a golden retriever.
Superpower Her sense of humour.
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Mo
Location Docklands
About Mo grew up in Warrnambool and his parents were refugees from South Sudan.
Education Studying Design and Architecture.
Strengths Experience working with people with psychosocial disabilities.
Interests Playing and watching sports, cooking , learning the piano, board games and trivia.
Fun Fact Can speak 3 languages.
Superpower Positivity.
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Zara
Location South Yarra
About Zara grew up in regional Victoria with my three sisters, where they spent two incredible years travelling around Australia in a motorhome, completing schooling through distance education along the way.
Education Certificate ||| Individual Support
Strengths Creativity, Human Connection, and Psychology.
Interests Travelling, exploring new places, visting nature, baking and going to the gym.
Fun Fact Zara rode a toboggan slide off the great wall of China!
Superpower Keeping her son in one piece despite his best efforts at training to be a superhero!
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Anthony
Location Seaford
About Anthony grew up in Bentleigh East and is a mad soccer fan.
Education Clinical Exercise Physiology.
Strengths Has experience working with mental health, neurological conditions and ASD.
interests Watching and playing soccer, going to the footy, gaming and gym.
Fun Fact His number plates say Messi (spelt differently)
Superpower Always there for others.
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Ellen
Location Western Melbourne
About Ellen grew up in Zimbabwe and has lived in Australia since 2018. She is a mother to two boys.
Education Marketing
Strengths Significant experience in aged care, mental health hospitals, and disability,
Interests Swimming, travelling, and spending time with her family.
Fun Fact Has two grandchildren.
Superpower Super Mum
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Sergen
Location Parkville
About Sergen grew up in a small town in Northern Turkey. Sergen moved to Istanbul for university where he completed a degree in Psychology.
Education Bachelor of Psychology.
Strengths Trauma informed practice and working with individuals with complex mental health needs.
Interests Playing tennis, swimming, reading educational books, staying active, hiking, camping and cooking.
Fun Fact Organised and led a heartfelt community art workshop in a refugee settlement in Turkey.
Superpower Empathy.