Qualifications
Masters of Education (International),Monash Uni

Grad CertApplied Linguistics, Griffith Uni, Brisbane

Grad Dip Secretarial Studies

Dip Primary Teaching, Victoria

Writing Qualifications
Dip In Writing, with ‘The Writing School’ (formerly, NSW Writing School).

Awards
First prize (Children’s poetry category) in the 1993 OZ waves Award and University of Queensland Press Book Prizes for my humorous poem, ’Magpie Mania’.

Also won other poetry awards.

Grant
In 2007 awarded a RADF grant (Regional Arts Development Fund) through the Queensland Government/Arts Qld and Logan Council, to undertake professional development in the area of illustrating and writing children’s picture books.

Received second RADF grant in 2010.

Member of RADF committee for Logan since 2009.

Publications
2010 '10 Yellow Bananas' New V