As an educator and advocate responding to porn harms, I offer empowering resources for families through Young and Aware, teaching kids how to spot online harms and choose mindful actions. Previously known as Youth Wellbeing Project, Porn Resilient Kids, and IQ Programs, ongoing projects can now be found at Young and Aware.
I am also Co-Chair of Connecting to Protect: a Global Response to Address the Mental Health and Safety Consequences to Children and Young People Accessing Online Pornography. This initiative is supported by the University of Calgary Faculty of Social Work and is ongoing.
Previous roles include co-founding the Australian-registered health promotion charity eChildhood. Key focuses included progressing Age Verification forward in Australia and collaborating to develop a public health approach to mobilise responses that reduce the harms of pornography on children and young people. Additionally, I facilitated parent education for four years as Director of Health Education at Culture Reframed: the global lead in solving the public health crisis of the digital age.
Historically, I have provided consultancy to government, non-profit, and professionals. Delivering everything from keynotes, student cohort presentations, parent workshops, and professional development throughout Australia and internationally, I was also a regular contributor to media outlets.
Strategies to counteract porn culture include adopting a ‘Critical Porn Analysis’ educational response and providing children’s books for families: Milly’s Message, Hamish and the Shadow Secret, and Junk in the Trunk. Learn about my “why” in the video below.