Human Chapters

It was an honour to engage in a robust conversation about Rebecca's Chapter, The Art of Talking with Children. Rebecca authored this incredible book and has offered a wealth of knowledge, a beautiful concept called Rich Talk, and plenty more. In this conversation, we discuss the following points:  - what inspired Rebecca to write this book,  - what is a great conversation  - insights she gained fr...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a robust conversation with Megan about her Chapter, My Transformation Education Chapter. In this conversation, we cover the following points:  - Megan's love for teaching and her landing in the profession,  - Her experience when she first commenced her career,  - The discovery of something that did not appear to work for all her students, ...

It was an honour to engage in a robust conversation with Luz about her Chapter, Migrant Women In Business. During this conversation we discussed the following:  - Luz's arrival in Australia and some of the barriers she experienced in accessing a decent quality of life  - Her passion for entrepreneurship, empowerment, sustainability, and love for connecting women from various multicultura...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a hearty conversation with Jenn about her Life Chapter, Embrace the Science of Reading. During this conversation, the following points were discussed:  - Jenn's childhood dream of becoming a teacher was realised  - Her transformative journey into the Science of Reading  - The elements focussed on when teaching her class to read - Phonemic Aware...

It was an honour to have a conversation with Urvina and Anjali about their combined Life Chapter, UKan Coaching, a career coaching business. Urvina and Anjali discuss the following:  - their individual perspectives on coaching  - the defining moments that led them to a path of learning about and implementing coaching techniques  - their passions - a description of their company name...

It was a deep honour to engage with Kari about her Life Chapter, A Literacy Leader and Science of Reading Knowledge Broker. Kari generously shares the following points:  - Her roles in Casting before entering the Education sector  - Defining moments that reinforced Kari's passion and love for Education  - Her lifelong motto - "If you don't see a path available, then create your own"...

It was a deep honour to engage in a wonderful conversation with Dan  @Rocking Dan Teaching Man  about his Life Chapter, Multi-sensory Journey in Education. Dan generously shares the following:  - his diagnosis of Dyslexia at the age of 9  - his struggles at school  - the conception of his YouTube channel name,  @Rocking Dan Teaching Man    - his own journey...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a conversation with Litea about her Life Chapter, My Journey From New Zealand to Australia. Litea generously shares the following points about this journey: - Litea and her family migrated from New Zealand to Australia in 1986. - The navigation through school life as a proud Samoan and through the complexities of a significant migration.  - The importanc...

It was an incredible honour to engage in a wonderful conversation with Loki about his Life Chapter, An Everlasting Metamorphosis. Loki generously shares and discusses the following:  - a reflection of important struggles and triumphs in his childhood, teenage years, university years, and adulthood  - his struggles and resilience in education  - his late diagnosis of dyslexia  -...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a conversation with Jeannette  @Bearly Articulating about her Life Chapter, Off the Beaten Path. Below is a brief summary of some of the points:  - Jeannette's belief in the fluidity of careers - she began with a Software Engineering background and later trained as a Speech and Language Pathologist  - her work in the dyslexia space and signific...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a conversation with Nate about his Life Chapter, My Journey from Balanced Literacy to a Science of Reading Perspective. In this conversation, Nate generously shares the following:  - his love for scientific research, making sense of it, and how this has assisted him in various areas of his life (fitness and teaching)  - what he was taught at univers...

It was a privilege to engage in an eye-opening conversation with Sandy about her life chapter, The Road to Sandy Russo Consulting. Sandy openly shares the following in our conversation:  - her education journey (from being a student to working with students)  - her personal difficulties with language and literacy  - the various career paths she took and the insights gained from thes...

It was an honour to engage in a wonderful conversation with Elizabeth about her Life Chapter, Guiding Literacy Growth. Elizabeth generously shared the following:  - her change in career from working for a Senator to becoming an Educator  - her shift to understanding the science of reading  - her international experience as an educator and consultant  - her journey to the creati...

It was a deep honour to engage in conversation with Nelly Kaakaty about her Life Chapter, The Root Of It All. Nelly generously shared about her journey and why she does what she does. Some of the points discussed in this conversation were: - Nelly's upbringing - her younger sibling's learning struggles, her confusion around people's misunderstanding of these struggles, and subsequent measures - th...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a conversation with Shane Pearson about his Chapter, Speech Pathology in schools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLTWnVN-V9c . Shane generously shared the following: - what drove him to study Speech and Language Pathology - his experiences in a range of different settings - how his experiences have shaped his current path in working at a school in Melbourne (...

It was a deep honour to engage in a conversation with Shaun Ziegenfusz about his Life Chapter, Language and its Impact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9AyBv6-lMg . Shaun openly and generously shared the following: - what instigated the journey to become a Speech and Language Pathologist, - his love and passion for communication (in various aspects of life), - one of his passion projects aims to r...

It was an absolute honour to engage in a conversation with Katherina Baker about her Chapter, Focus. Katherina openly shared the following: - her late diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - what led her to gain this diagnosis and the journey thereafter - her varied interests in maths, photography, art, and so forth - what life was like at various stages i.e. during childhoo...

It was an incredible honour to engage in a wonderfully insightful and thought-provoking conversation with Rose about her Life Chapter, Breaking the Cycle with a Pen. Rose shares the following during this conversation: - her childhood trauma - her positive experience at school - her love for reading - the moment that inspired her to share her stories - character development and connection to her pe...

It was an incredible honour to engage in a wonderful conversation with Seema Abdullah about her life chapter, Life Before Australia. Seema generously shared the following: - her childhood and family, - her education journey and its importance, - pivotal moments that have forged her path to activism, - the challenges experienced at various life stages - the importance of qualities such as patience,...

It was an honour to engage in a conversation with Shameka about her Chapter, Juvenile Forensic Speech and Language Pathology the_juvenileforensic_slp . https://youtu.be/FNqGat9fnc0 Shameka openly shared the following: - her journey in pursuing Speech and Language Pathology - her current role with the individuals she is working with - the in-service she provides to law-enforcement personnel that ar...

It was an honour to engage in a conversation with Clifford Chianga Oluoch about his Chapter, Zero Hunger. Clifford generously shared the following about his Chapter: - The journey of an organisation, Homeless of Nairobi, which he founded 8 years ago - https://homelessofnairobi.org/about-us/ - The interaction that inspired the long-term vision of this organisation - The services that are offered -...

Trigger warning! It was an absolute honour to engage in an important conversation with Manoj Kerai about his Chapter, The Burning Bride. During this conversation, Manoj explains the journey of his book, The Burning Bride from its conception to its reception by his family, community, and the wider audience. He also talks about using drawing information from a number of courses he has studied. Numer...

It was an honour to engage in a conversation with Brendan from Learning with Mr. Lee about his Chapter, Finding Purpose. Brendan openly shared about the different phases of his life and what led him to find his purpose. Some of the points discussed in this conversation included: - Brendan's initial goal of becoming a Rugby League Player and how this changed. - Different businesses Brendan set up (...

It was an incredible honour to engage in a hearty conversation with Nora Maginity Chahbazi about her Chapter, Teaching the World to Read Against all Odds. I stepped away from the conversation with an expanded view of numerous points and a deep appreciation for humans working in the Education space. This conversation brought about a number of emotions and important points. We discussed: - Nora's ch...

It was an incredible honour to engage in conversation with Halo Scot about her Chapter, Life on the Spectrum. This broad conversation explored numerous parts of Halo's Chapter and some of these included: - How a writing group, Queer Indie was founded - https://queerindie.com/ - Halo's preference for writing Dark Fiction - some of her book titles include - Edge of the Breach; Echoes of Blood.. - Wr...