About our Founder

Founder and Managing Director Tegan Schefe is a Bidjara and Kamilaroi woman. Tegan has a background in Primary Health working as an Aboriginal Health Worker in Central Queensland. She is well known for her work in suicide prevention, having co-developed a suicide prevention Strategy for the Sunshine Coast's First Nations community and leading LivingWorks I-ASIST program as a Regional Training Manager. 

Tegan has established and maintained excellent relationships with community's she's worked with and government and non-government agencies. Tegan advocates for finding effective and sustainable strategies through consultation with the community they aim to benefit using evidence-based and community-based initiatives to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.