In 2017, I founded Sydney Lingos, a language exchange community that grew from 65 to over 13,000 members — becoming one of Australia’s largest of its kind. I created a space where people from around the world could build friendships, practise languages, and support one another.

Over the past 18 years, I’ve worked across retail, hospitality, marketing, education, and business, which has given me a pretty human perspective on how culture really works.

I’ve spent the past four years obsessed with understanding people and systems: what builds trust, what breaks trust, and why so many workplaces still get it wrong.

Over that time, I’ve engaged in hundreds of meaningful conversations with people across different industries, cultures, ages, identities, abilities and lived experiences. I’ve spent countless hours listening, learning, and connecting the dots between individual stories and the bigger picture.

My curiosity has led me to explore the intersections of business, education, mental health, justice, and workplace culture — all connected by one important question:

How can we create a world where all people feel safe, empowered, and psychologically supported?