She has welcomed the opportunity to build on experiences gained in this school setting in 2012. Her appreciation of the diversity of EAL students and the challenges they face in literacy acquisition, led her to embrace this project. She has extensive teaching experience in UK where she taught for five years before returning to the Victorian DEECD. Catherine is a passionate user of technologies and social media to support and communicate with like-minded educators. Follow her on twitter @leahy_by.