Melissa Cooke has worked in the community services sector for over 18 years completing a bachelor’s degree in community and human services. Melissa has worked across disability, aged care, young adults in a mental health setting, leaving care, youth, crisis work, residential care, homelessness, family, and children work and community during her
career to date. Melissa believes that how we engage with others has a huge impact on people’s lives which drives long-term outcomes and change. She believes that when we connect genuinely, we build self-resilience and resilience of a community which is the driver for change and belonging, if we don’t belong, we don’t connect.