From community
to corporate
Some of my greatest teachers were people with disabilities. In the 1990s, I worked in the deinstitutionalisation movement in Queensland, helping people move back into community. That work led me into performance art and theatre direction, where I discovered how voice, presence, breath, and creative expression unlock transformation.
From that work came PAKTI — Power of Arts: Keys to Inclusion, a movement that touched thousands through programs, workshops, performances, and three major national conferences. What began as disability-focused grew into a multicultural, intergenerational gathering of youth, Indigenous artists, performers, and community leaders. It became a living example of what's possible when we strip away difference and meet each other as humans.
Around this time, my work with autistic individuals deepened. It revealed layers of communication — including telepathic resonance — that I later found mirrored within Indigenous communities, where listening happens on many levels beyond language.
This all flowed naturally into teaching at TAFE, where I co-created award-winning courses that brought together people with disabilities, community services workers, aged-care students, university students, creatives, and educators — all learning through inclusive performance methodologies.
Parallel to this, I immersed myself in neurospiritual education, energetic healing, intuition, consciousness, identity, and voice. It was a decade of deep work — understanding how humans recalibrate, how patterns shift, how connection heals.
And then came the years of unraveling.