Recommendation Letters

Maxine Jobbins

  • Qualified teacher
  • Hearing Support Teacher 
  • Speech and Language Therapist

Maxine Jobbins has been my Hearing Support Teacher since I was in Pre-School, and still is. She has helped me a lot with the projects I have developed since joining Big Picture. She can speak about how I am a hard worker and won't let anything get in the way of my career and passions

Dr Simon Vaughn 

  • Principle
  • Bachelor of Arts 
  • PhD in Education 
  • Graduate Diploma of Education 

Simon Vaughn has known me since I was in Year 7 at Melrose High School as he was the principle there when I started high school, and he is now my principle at Canberra College. He will be able to write about my independence as a learner, my resilience, and determination

Jermy Pang 

  • Master of Clinical Audiology 
  • Bachelor of Heath Science (Hearing and Speech)
  • Research Audiologist at National Acoustic Laboratories 
  • PhD candidate at the University of Queensland 

Jermy Pang and I met each other through one of the studies she was conducting last year; transitioning from Child Hearing Support to Adult Hearing Support. She is now one of my academic mentors through Year 12. She will be able to speak about my determination through challenging times, and creativeness.

Dr Bec Bennett

  • Bachelor of Science (Honours)
  • Master of Audiology
  • Master of Business 
  • Graduate Diploma of Counselling
  • PhD (School of Medicine) 
  • NHMRC Investigator Fellow (National Health and Medical Research Council)
  • Principle Research Audiologist at National Acoustic Laboratories

Bec and I met through her brother in-law when I was on a family trip. She will be able to talk about the website and the resilience and researching skills needed to create this website.