My name is Emily and Konnect Em Services is my business as well as my passion.
I am from Cairns, Australia, originally from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG).
I have PNG and Solomon Island heritage.
My passion to start this business emerged from early years of child services and behaviour support practice (NDIS) work in supporting vulnerable children, youths and individuals with challenging behaviours, mental health conditions, and individuals with disability needing help and supports.
In addition to this, my lived experiences bolstered my confidence to start this business as a survivor of intimate partner domestic violence, surviving the journey of breast cancer as well as surviving workplace harassment and bullying with racial discrimination.
These life episodes and experiences were the motivating factors that pushed me to reach my academic achievements and to dream big for my future. I always believe that when life throws you the hard assignments, look for the opportunity in the situation and grab it and tackle it with God's guidance.
In 2011, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, I turned my focus on myself to heal and work toward achieving the tertiary education that I had put off for many years.
So I did, during 2011- 2015, I completed my Diploma in Tourism at TAFE and and went onto complete my Bachelor of Business degree during the course of my cancer treatment journey. From 2018-2020, after recovering, I returned and completed my Master of Social Work degree to fulfil the passion to help people.
During 2021-2022, I was faced with the challenges of workplace bullying, harassment and discrimination. While challenging the situation and the system, I saw the opportunity to prepare myself to run my own business. I enrolled to complete a Graduate Certificate in Human Services Management at University South Australia, in order to gain the knowledge to understand the nexus of law and social work policies to comply with the human services industry laws and regulation for the business I was preparing to take up.
All these life experiences, challenges and achievements have taught me so much more about myself and life itself; mostly to stop and truly appreciate Jehovah God, and recognise that he cares for us always during the good and the challenging times. He gives us the comfort and strength we need, and therefore in return, we should share comfort with others if we have the power and knowledge to do so.
I am passionate about inspiring people and to help them meet their full potential, and empower them to live their best life. So with this opportunity, I'm blessed to say I am leading an amazing team who share the same inspiration. Together, our mission is to become a dynamic and innovative organisation, developing and evolving personalised services that drive true inclusion through effective management from a dedicated and professional team.
We will hold your hand and walk with you to provide the best quality services, as our slogan describes us as, " we hear your voice to connect your choice".
We are also proud to provide our services in three languages: English, Motu, Pidgin (PNG).
