I've worked all my life in remote, rural and regional Australia. I've learned lots along the way with corporate and medium businesses, and more than a decade with local and state Government.
Being entrepreneurial has driven me to do things differently, so over the years I started businesses to fill gaps and to experience being the 'pilot'. With tertiary study to mix things up, I've stockpiled industry experience: health; mining; government; print industry; tourism; the media; agriculture; and transport. (I'm sounding like a bower bird collecting treasure.)
Giving back must be in my DNA, so whether I was surrounded by water on Groote Eylandt or surrounded by dust in Kalgoorlie, I was a regular volunteer. I love to create smiles and to make things more enjoyable for the community I call home.
Working with businesses and organisations makes my engine hum. Using my creativity and collaborative spirit I helped clients achieve their goals. With insider knowledge about Government grants I knew it was time to get serious and start my next business venture.
I commenced Indigo Gold Pty Ltd and for eight years wrote grant applications for clients, and ran grant workshops for corporates. I worked relentlessly on improving my grant writing process and was very successful, so demand for my services started to exceed my capacity.
There was demand to share my knowledge about how to write a successful grant application, so the Grant Writing Academy took flight with my founding Membership in 2020. It's a constant delight to nurture my 'community' on their grant writing journey.