About Me

I grew up in NSW and moved to Victoria at the age of 12.  I lived my life without my mum, was sexually abused at the age of 9, fell pregnant at the age of 15, had my 2nd baby at the age of 19 and when my son was 3 and my daughter was 4 months old I found myself homeless and sleeping on a friends lounge room floor. 

I then met and fell in love with a young man that I thought I would be together forever with and so had my third son at the age of 21; only to live life in a vicious cycle of Domestic Violence.  Now you may be thinking this is a sad and sorry story, however these are my lessons I have learnt in life that are now my gifts to give and share with others.  I discovered my higher purpose in life and have now been free from Domestic Violence for four years and that higher purpose is literally empowering other young mums, women living with low self-esteem to gain back their self-esteem and to discover their passion’s in life and to take action to achieve them. I attended school throughout my pregnancy as a 15 year old and even took my son to school with me once he was born. 

My passion since the age of 8 was to become a funeral director and eventually own my own business after witnessing a man being hit and killed by a car.   

I then went on to work part time as a waitress and also complete Certificate II Business Secretary at Tafe. After completing certificate II, I went door knocking to find an employee who would employ me to complete a traineeship and learn every aspect of business administration.  I eventually found an employer and worked fulltime as an accountant’s assistant as well as complete Certificate II, III and IV Business Administration/Management.  Whilst completing these certificates I was nominated for 'Optus Outstanding Student' of the year by Australian Industry Group Training.  A great achievement for a young mum with three children.

Once I completed my studies and after ten years of door knocking on funeral directors doors I was finally given the opportunity to work at a very well known funeral company and was employed as a funeral arranger conductor.  

However as I had just got myself and my children out of a vicious cycle of domestic violence I had problems with my then 12 year old son and  had to make the biggest choice of my life and resign shortly after being offered my dream job. 

As I am not one to sit around I had to make another huge choice as I still had a huge desire to pursue my passion of owning my own business.  A friend of mine (now my partner) had just started a business Signs'n'Banners which was not a productive business as this was just his weekend hobby.  I asked if he would be interested in letting me run the business and make it a success.  

I started being involved in the business in February 2007, by September 2007 Signs’n’Banners were a business achiever 2007 finalist in our local paper.  To date Signs’n’Banners have tripled in size and growth and are gaining a tremendous amount of digital printing projects for many large corporate companies.

My goal is to make Signs'n'Banners a large successful company.  My dream is to become a motivational speaker and write a book as I know 100% that by following your goals and passion’s you can succeed no matter what the obstacles thrown at you.

I am now 31 years old and my children are Joshua 15, Tahlia 12, Jack 9, Toby 18 months and Renee 6 months old.  My hobbies; I absolutely love running and run 3 mornings a week as well as do weight training 3 mornings a week. I am a huge fan of reading and listening to self development information and regularly attend seminars in which helps me grow as a leader.  My children are my number 1 priority and as many hurdles as we come across I still make sure as to spend every spare moment together whenever possible.

I am now living my passion of running a successful business (Signs’n’Banners Pty Ltd) and pursuing my dream of becoming a motivational speaker.  I have recently graduated from ‘toastmasters’ (public speaking course) and have gained an ‘Art & Science of Coaching’ Accreditation where I completed modules I to IV with Fire Up Coaching, NLP based coach training program.  Just recently I attended the Money & You seminar in which I learnt so much about myself and others.  I am also involved in Lighthouse Foundation’s Mother’s Club- an organisation that provides support for homeless young mums from pregnancy through to the critical formative years of their baby’s life.  I will forever keep educating myself so that I can in turn empower other woman to pursue their passions and experience this great life too.