Strathy Stories

Leisl Leighton (’88 ) is one of Strathcona’s unstoppable women and an author of award-winning paranormal novels. Passionate about music and creative writing Leisl has always read everything from fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, romantic historical and suspense stories, not to mention classics such as Shakespeare. Leisl has won the Indiana Romance Writers Golden Opportunities Competition and the

Ashleigh McInnes (’03) graduated from the University of Melbourne and went on to found a PR business called Papermill Media. Her company, Papermill Media debuted in 2017 annual Australian Financial Review ‘Fast100’ list as one of Australia’s fastest growing companies, coming in at number 43. The agency has achieved annual growth of 53.4 percent and

Kate Nelson (2010) followed her dream to become a circus artist and studied at The National Institute of Circus Arts Australia, where she completed three years of intense full time circus training. Kate graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Circus Arts majoring in aerial rope, aerial silks and German wheel. In 2014 Kate embarked

Genevieve Day (2009) founded Day Management on her 24th birthday. After working in luxury PR for 6 years, she noticed a gap in the market for influencer management and a need for an interface between bloggers and brands. At the time in 2015 the term ‘influencer’ had only just been coined and utilising them for

Laura Stitzel (2001) is an independent artist in Melbourne, Australia. She has been working as an illustrator, designer and animator in Australia and Canada since 2008. Laura’s work has appeared in many children’s television shows such as Emmy Award winning Peg + Cat and Arthur. On Arthur, the world’s longest running children’s series, Laura was

Caitlin Sum (2006) just completed her training as a General Practitioner earlier this year and is now working full-time in a Medical Centre in Adelaide. She is also running an onsite weekly medical clinic at her old residential college called ‘Academic Health. ’ Caitlin completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University

Erika Munton (nee Graumenz, 1988) is a facilitator, educator, coach and birth worker with 20 years of experience. She supports, guides, educates and advocates for expectant parents across the pregnancy to parenting continuum. Her passion is to help people create positive change during times of transition in their life both personally and professionally. As the