Jenny is a Australian, international best-selling author, professional and motivational speaker, diversity and inclusion advocate, teacher and potter. Jenny is an expert and futurist on diversity and inclusion in schools, workplaces and in society.

Jenny who was born with a craniofacial syndrome (Crouzon syndrome) lives with low vision, and has three children with disabilities and differences. Jenny taught in the primary school classroom for 25 years after which she taught adult education and studied youth work and life coaching. She is a mentor with the Queensland Writers Centre, Chair of her city’s Special Olympics Club, Secretary of Women’s Writers Queensland and her local high school.

Jenny’s middle grade/YA novels are entertaining with important messages about embracing one’s differences, bullying, resilience and self-empowerment.

Her latest book, Be Weirdly Wonderful! Embrace your differences (5 practical ways to lead your best life) is a powerful personal development book, filled with illustrations from Jenny’s life.

Jenny speaks in schools, on diversity and inclusion panels and at conferences.

She is passionate about her motto:

Be Weirdly Wonderful!