ARNA Talks

Lalay Hassan is a women's rights activist, an economics student at Adelaide University who currently resides in Pakistan. Lalay interned with us at ARNAonline to develop her skills in Marketing and to try something a little bit different. We interviewed her to find out more about her experiences and journey so far. We talked about her career, what she's learned, what life is like in Pakistan and so much more! Have a listen to her awesome story.

Chrisanta is an impact-driven feminist pracademic with +15 years' experience working in the international development sector - leading and facilitating complex participatory action research and evaluations across diverse contexts in Australia, Africa, and Asia-Pacific. Chrisanta is currently the CEO of One Girl Australia, an organization whose mission to is to break down the barriers that girls face in accessing an education.

Monika Chief Knitting Officer at Beebee+Bongo, reluctant social entrepreneur. We talk about what life and work is like in Cambodia, mental health challenges, inspirations like Brene Brown, shame and vulnerability around mental health and the affects of COVID19 on Monika's business and what they chose to do when faced with potentially closing their business down which employs 300+ women.

Paula is a global citizen; born in Brazil, raised in South Africa, Mexico and Australia. She started her first social enterprise project when she was 9... and since then she has been "playing" with entrepreneurship every day. Paula is a true example of a millennial; that focuses on purpose above it all.... having set up schools, orphanages and social projects across Latin America, Africa and South-East Asia.

After a decade of working in the Education industry, she found a gap between education and the growing start-up ecosystem, so Paula partnered with thousands of global entrepreneurs from over 50+ nationalities and every industry >> and founded the first Nationally Accredited Incubator - Academy of Entrepreneurs.

Since then they have been disrupting the education industry by empowering students from 55+ nationalities with the entrepreneurial skills & network to set up, launch and scale businesses both in Australia and around the world.

"Our mission is to accelerate Social Impact. We shape students to become leaders that solve world problems." - Paula

Julie Cooper is a writer, host of Raising the Sisterhood podcast, facilitates workshops to empower the sisterhood and founder of social enterprise Sœur (pronounced SIR) where every robe sold gives back to creative women in business. We spoke to Julie about so many things, going out on her own after being in a corporate role for years, fears, courage, believing in yourself, giving yourself permission and just so much more!

Rachelle Stirling is passionate about all things motorsport, including increasing female participation in the male dominated sport. Rachelle is the Founder of Race Chix Motorsport, is on the Board of Australian Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) that powers Sydney Motorsport Park and is an Ambassador of the International Women's Motorsport Association.

Sharon is a digital entrepreneur who founded business matchmaking platform, Matchboard. She was named Suncorp Innovator of the Year, Top 10 Women Entrepreneurs in Australia and Entrepreneur of the Year in the ARN Women in ICT Awards 2019. Through Matchboard, Sharon has helped more than 3,000 get matched with their perfect suppliers. Having lived and worked in five continents, Sharon speaks several languages, is an accredited translator in Japanese and German, and holds a double honours degree from the University of Sydney.

Samantha Dybac is the founder and Managing Director of The PR Hub, a public relations and strategic communications agency for entrepreneurs, business leaders and high growth disruptive brands. She is also the host of the Influence Unlocked podcast, which in early 2020 was ranked by Apple in the top 10 business podcasts in Australia.

In this podcast we talk about everything from shame, female masturbation, self empowerment, self love and so much more! Anthea is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to the connection between mind, body and soul.

Anthea is a Somatic Psychotherapist & Cultural Ambassador for the Mental Health Foundation Australia; aswell as Advisory Board Member to We Are The Movement.

She educates internationally on Relationship, Sexual wellbeing & leadership. Anthea is captivating, informative and inspiring in her message and her mission to empower humanity through the reclamation of our Human & Spiritual Sovereignty.

At 24, Sam White rebuffed conformity and set up her first insurance company, acutely aware that it was traditionally considered a male-dominated, almost-sterile industry.

Over 20 years, she has built a number of businesses in the UK, turning over in excess of 18 million pounds and employing over 200 people. She believes in building businesses that work for everyone: the people they employ, the communities they operate in and the customers they serve... Sam passionately believes that we need more women in this environment, in the financial services sector, and in politics. Because whoever controls the money makes the rules. Which leads me us to Stella; a brand that's rewriting the rules...