Our VIC Staff

Alison Burrell

Lead Facilitator – Based in Melbourne

Alison Burrell’s main passion and commitment is to her family. She is mum of 7 and step mum of 5. She has family connections of Wiradjuri (Dubbo, NSW) and has Anglo Celtic, Polish; Danish heritage.

Ash Dargan

Lead Facilitator – Based in Melbourne

Ash is a Larrakia artist, storyteller, adventurer and educator from Darwin in the Top End. He is one of Australia’s most recorded Didgeridoo artists and has achieved worldwide acclaim for his unique style of storytelling and live musical performance since the 90’s.

Facilitator – Based in Melbourne

Rowena Price is descendant from Scottish, Irish, German, English, Yorta Yorta and Palawa heritage. She grew up on Wemba Wemba land (Swan Hill) and moved herself and her son to Naarm (Melbourne) 13 years ago to break unhealthy cycles and attend university.

 

Facilitator – based in Regional Victoria and Melbourne

Lee Couch is a Wellbeing Facilitator and Educator with over 15 years of experience in Health and Wellness. She is an Aboriginal woman from the Gamilaroi Tribe NSW, Australia, now living in the Alpine Shire, Victoria.

 

Facilitator – based in Melbourne

Jem Stone is a First Nations Woman, Educator and Wellness Practitioner, passionately integrating traditional wisdom into education and wellness spaces through connection and decolonised learning methods.

 

Laura-Jane Phoenix Singh

Facilitator – Based in Melbourne

LJ is an Aboriginal woman of the Quandamooka and Wiradjuri Nations. She is a First Nations Healing Practitioner and the Associate Head of School (First Nations education & engagement] at Deakin University. 

Jess McDonald

Research Officer – Based in Melbourne

Jess McDonald grew up in the cultural melting pot of the inner Western suburbs of Melbourne and amidst diversity and disadvantage, developed the lens through which she views the world.