NELSA SIMMONDS, This Is Who I Am

NELSA SIMMONDS, This Is Who I Am

I believe that unleashing creativity is the future of mental health. I’m looking at reconceptualising trauma by taking people through two programs: This Is Who I Am, which is about restoring identity; and then Designing Exciting Futures. I restore identity by looking...
ASHA MURPHY, Edu-fy

ASHA MURPHY, Edu-fy

At Edu-fy, our idea is to uplift everybody, no matter who they are. I carry an image in my head of a little girl outside her hut and she’s finished all her chores for the day and she’s got her mobile phone and she’s learning maths skills. She’s getting that joy of...
YOKO NAKAZAWA, Cooking with Koji

YOKO NAKAZAWA, Cooking with Koji

My name is Yoko Nakazawa. I make organic miso paste and my business is called Cooking with Koji. We sell at farmer’s markets and also run cooking workshops. It started from requests – people asked me, ‘Oh, you can make miso, can you sell it to me? Can you show me how...
RAEESA KHATREE, Edible Love by Rae

RAEESA KHATREE, Edible Love by Rae

“My name is Raeesa Ally Khatree. I live in Brisbane and I have two children. I’m originally from South Africa, where I was a lawyer. I moved to Australia 14 years ago and as a result, I couldn’t practice law. My business is Edible Love by Rae, I started off creating...
FLORENCE OLUGBEMIRO, Designed by Florence

FLORENCE OLUGBEMIRO, Designed by Florence

My business, Designed by Florence, infuses the vibrant colours of African prints into beautiful designs for my baby doll collection. Our dolls’ outfits are handmade by single mums in Nigeria who work with upcycled offcuts of material. I called my dolls Ima, which in...