Who We Are

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My name is Jo and I am the Programs Manager and Interim Executive Officer. I started at SMECC in December 2018. My cultural heritage is English and Irish. My ancestors came to Australia in the late 1800’s and settled into Victorian and South Australian colonies. My role here at SMECC is extremely varied and provides me with a great feeling of pride.

My name is Jo and I am the Programs Manager and Interim Executive Officer. I started at SMECC in December 2018. My cultural heritage is English and Irish. My ancestors came to Australia in the late 1800’s and settled into Victorian and South Australian colonies. My role here at SMECC is extremely varied and provides me with a great feeling of pride.

My name is Ratna and I started work at SMECC in January 2019 as Executive Assistant. I am an Indonesian. I am able to speak Indonesian and English.

My name is Rosette and I started work at SMECC in November 2016. I am Burundian, I speak Kirundi, Swahili, English. My position at SMECC is as Receptionist.

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My name is Juvelina, I have been working at SMECC since 2010 and my role is Community Programs Coordinator. These programs include, Playgroup, Driving Program, Client employment services, and Youth support (Supervisor). I am originally from East Timor and I am fluent in 4 Languages these include, Tetum, Indonesian, Malay, and English. I also speak some Portuguese.

My name is Corey. I am the Regional Migration Coordinator for the Loddon Mallee Region. The program I manage is Try, Test and Learn: A Bridge to Regional Employment & Opportunities. I began working for SMECC in November 2019 when the TTL Program was launched. My great great grandfather was the first Doctor in Mildura, Dr. Otto Louis Moritz Abrowmowski. His family origins were Russian and German. The remainder of my family heritage is primarily British and German. I have been very fortunate to travel to many parts of the world, however the only language I speak is English.

I am Ray, the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet Strategic Engagement Coordinator, based at Sunraysia Mallee Ethnic Communities Council. I am a business operations manager and community/regional engagement specialist who has significant impact on regional development at individual, community group, and industry levels via work in strategic engagement, project and program management, and workplace training and education in the private and public sectors.

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I am Jamuna and feel incredibly privileged to secure employment as an Outreach Co-ordinator. I am multi-lingual, besides English – I speak Tamil and Sinhalese. My passion is advocating for the members of the CALD community, empowering them to take ownership of their lives and achieve a degree of independence in their adopted country. I have seized opportunities to put the life skills I have obtained over the years into practice.

My name is Emmie and I started work at SMECC in September 2020. I am an Australian and I speak French and English. My position at SMECC is Outreach Worker.

My name is Hanifa and I started work at SMECC in September 2020. I am Afghani and I speak Dari, Hazaragi, Urdu and English. My position at SMECC  is Outreach worker.

My name is Viliami, I am originally from the island kingdom of Tonga. I’ve started at SMECC in September 2020. My role is Outreach Worker. I speak fluent in English, Tongan and a little bit of Samoan. I came to Australia in 1987. My parents were both Tongan.

My name is Vincent I started to work at SMECC in September 2020. I am Congolese and I can speak English, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda and Swahili. I am working as an outreach worker at SMECC.

My name is Rebeca and I come from Burma. I arrived in Australia in March 2018. I can speak Hakha/Chin (my mother tongue), English and Mizo. I am at SMECC reception every Thursday and Friday.

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