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My name is Libby.
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I'm a family violence practitioner.
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I work at WAYSS Women's Refuge.
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The goal of a refuge is,
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first and foremost safety.
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It's about empowering her.
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It's about helping with material aid to help them rebuild their lives,
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to get away from that awful situation. And, it needs to feel like home.
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So my background
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for over 20 years of my working life, I was Production Manager
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and then my last role for over a decade was a coffee roaster Production Manager.
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I loved the fast pace.
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I loved the challenge in a male dominated industry.
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But I wanted to do something for the community.
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I wanted to volunteer somewhere.
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So there was a speaking up program,
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which was a volunteer, sort of an advocacy program.
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And then that just ignited something in me
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that I really felt that
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my experience in being a victim survivor, I thought that
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I am the best person for this kind of role.
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I'd had no academic
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education at all, so I had only finished high school.
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So my education journey began at Chisholm
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by completing the undergrad in Community Mental Health
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and AOD.
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It was a massive challenge
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but I just had a lot of support through work.
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Extra study leave, reduced case load.
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So I had all the tools and all the support around me to succeed.
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The most rewarding thing for me.
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is being that stepping stone that will help them
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believe that they can move on and rebuild.
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