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 was born with a craniofacial syndrome (Crouzon syndrome) and 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 and the Vice chair of her local Special Olympics Club.

Jenny’s middle grade novels are entertaining with important messages about embracing being different, bullying, resilience and self-empowerment.

Jenny speaks in schools, on diversity and inclusion panels and at conferences. She is passionate about her motto which is:

Be Weirdly Wonderful!