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Lonsdale Inst. - Elementary 3. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Lonsdale Inst. - Intermediate 1. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Lonsdale Inst. - Intermediate 3. Tutor of WEA Sydney

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Elisa is a native speaker from Spain and a certified teacher with a Master’s degree in Teaching Spanish as a Foreign Language. She has extensive teaching experience, and her passion for traveling and exploring new cultures brought her to Sydney, where she continues to share her love for teaching.

Her classes combine creativity, gamification, real-life communication, and a pinch of humor because learning should never be boring. Lessons with Elisa are engaging, motivating, and confidence-boosting. Each session is more than a class; it is a mini adventure in language, culture, and fun!

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Marie-Christine Louis, MA, BA, has taught French and ESL for over thirty years at Alliance Française in Sydney, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence and in various schools of continuing education. Marie-Christine majored in Anglophone studies and has a keen interest in linguistics and in literary, cultural and media subjects. She is an enthusiastic and outgoing teacher whose lively style encourages interaction from her students. Marie-Christine utilises a variety of teaching methods along with authentic language teaching materials to support and sustain student learning and interest in current events. Marie-Christine believes that learning should be both educational and fun if it is to be memorable and useful to students.

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Anita Lund is a highly regarded Microsoft Certified Professional with more than 25 years of experience helping people work smarter with Microsoft applications. As the Founder of Trainers Direct, she has delivered training to thousands of professionals across government, corporate, not-for-profit and community organisations throughout Australia. Anita specialises in delivering short, practical, high-impact workshops that focus on the skills people actually need in the workplace. Her training philosophy is simple: cut out the fluff, avoid information overload and teach the small number of features and techniques that deliver the biggest productivity gains.

Known for her engaging and approachable style, Anita makes complex software easy to understand by using real-world examples, hands-on exercises and practical business scenarios. Participants consistently value her ability to explain concepts clearly and provide tips they can apply immediately in their day-to-day work.

Her expertise spans Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft Copilot, with a particular focus on helping busy professionals improve productivity, automate routine tasks and work more efficiently with data.

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Dr Suzanne Macalister gained her BA Hons in both Modern and Ancient Greek, followed by her doctorate in Ancient Greek and Byzantine language and literature (University of Sydney); she became senior lecturer teaching Ancient Greek language, literature and mythology at the University of Sydney from 1989 until her retirement in 2007. Suzanne was awarded a Harvard University fellowship, enabling research at Dumbarton Oaks Centre for Byzantine Studies, Washington DC; she has published books, articles and book chapters, has given many talks and interviews in the media on the values of humanities studies and was adviser for Sydney Dance Company's production of 'Mythologia' for the Sydney Olympic Games. Suzanne is an enthusiastic teacher who encourages questioning and student interaction, receiving a University Teaching Excellence Award in 2003; she is a strong supporter of adult education, having gained her own qualifications as a mature-age entrant to university.

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Hugh Mackay AO is a social psychologist and bestselling author with a 60-year career in social research. His non-fiction covers social analysis, psychology, communication and ethics. He is also the author of nine novels and was a weekly newspaper columnist for twenty-five years. He is a fellow of the Australian Psychological Society and the Royal Society of New South Wales and has been awarded honorary doctorates by five Australian universities. He was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2016.

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Fawzan Malas is a Sydney-based coach who works mainly with people over 40 who have gone through a separation and are now dealing with real disconnection from important family members, including children, siblings, or parents. He helps them stabilise emotionally, rebuild their footing, and approach reconnection in a calmer, more grounded way. His approach focuses on helping people gain clarity, overcome internal blocks such as fear, limiting beliefs, and uncertainty, and move forward with greater direction and purpose. Fawzan brings over 30 years of international leadership experience, along with lived experience, offering practical and structured guidance focused on real-life outcomes.

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Flavia Marcello PhD is an Affiliate Professor of Italian Studies at the University of Sydney and a world expert on the art, architecture and design of the Italian Fascist and post-war periods. She lived in Rome for eight years where she taught art history in US study abroad programs and led boutique art and architectural history tours across Italy for both university students and the public. She has written two books and over 30 articles and book chapters. Known for her enthusiasm and collaborative teaching approach, she places focus on participation and discussion based on primary sources. Her current research focusses on the creative outputs of Italian prisoners of war during WW2 and was curatorial consultant for the Molto Bello: Icons of Italian Design exhibition at Heide Museum of Modern Art. She is currently working on her first novel.