About Us

Friendly. Sometimes “a bit much” (competitive). Hard worker. Loves only cute animals (and not all animals are cute). Also loves clean and tidy surroundings: whose mouldy apple is in the fridge!? ESTJ.
Jaime oversees the Admissions & Operations teams and ensures the office is functioning in a productive and positive way. Jaime enjoys updating the team about the latest crime podcasts and punctuating the office Skype with innumerable cat memes. Jaime also thinks she’s very good at GIFs.

Food: Tuna sashimi, tacos and steak (striploin)
Drink: Yes
Movie: Clueless
Music: Right now? Strumbellas on repeat… for days
Book: The Mountain and the Valley (or The Grapes of Wrath or anything Phillip Roth)
Superpower: I’m not creative (ESTJ), I can’t answer this.

News junkie. Loves family, great food, and cats. Shares completely unbelievable (but true) stories. Pretends to be a superior mastermind but is secretly an easy-going suck. ENTJ. As the leader of the Marketing team, Glenn likes to provide input and ideas and thrives on challenging his team through debate. Freely admits when he’s been proven wrong. Mistakes are just proof of effort.

Food: Sushi, Thai, Indian
Drink: Coffee
Movie: The Shawshank Redemption
Music: Led Zeppelin “When the Levee Breaks”
Book: The Tipping Point (if I must choose)
Superpower: Time travel

As a StFX grad and east coast boy, Chris doesn’t mind the odd gathering. He has occasionally been accused of liking outdated music. He can be found on weekends shuttling his 3 children to various activities like skiing, playing some hockey, and travelling. ESFP. Chris leads our recruiting team into battle across the country. He tends to enjoy the broad strokes over the details any day.

Food: Italian & sushi
Drink: Good coffee, most beer, even tequila is creeping into the rotation.
Music: Old school – Springsteen, Petty, Mellencamp, the Hip (I cried watching their documentary), even some Bob Marley
Movie: Goodfellas, True Romance (sooo many good actors in that), The Shawshank Redemption.
Favorite Expression: “these are champagne problems…”

Creative and organized type. Loves quiet time, singing loudly in the car, checking things off a never-ending to-do list, and spending time with family. ENFJ.

Nicole is responsible for HR policies and operations in the OzTREKK office. Nicole manages employee recruitment and onboarding, training, and company-wide policies.

Food: Pizza
Drink: H2O
Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Music: Lately – anything produced by Pasek & Paul!
Book: Bridget Jones’s Diary
Superpower: Telepathy

Mom of two. Loves music, watching movies, and spending time with family and friends. Volunteers at children’s school through Catholic School Council as well as for Best Buddies and Girl Guides. Enjoys helping the community. ESFJ.

Heather supports the staff in the office by processing applications and mail (among a million other things!). Heather is the voice you will hear when you call our office.

Food: Chocolate!
Drink: Tea – pretty much any kind 😊
Movie: My Big Fat Greek Wedding, The Fault in Our Stars, Mamma Mia, and any superhero movie
Music: A variety, but faves include Backstreet Boys, Josh Groban, and Keith Urban
Book: The Twilight series
Superpower: Fearlessness

Caring, honest, funny. Loves music (anything from Zeppelin to Flume), documentaries, visiting the Comedy Store in L.A., and volunteering for mental health causes in Vancouver. ESFP. Kati meets with Canadian students from BC, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. When not on an airplane, Kati is meeting with student groups and academic counsellors across Western Canada. Her favourite part of the role is connecting with students, so feel free to drop her a line if you want to learn more about studying in Australia!

Food: Sushi
Drink: Water
Movie: The Departed / Pulp Fiction/ Superbad
Music: Anything that connects to the soul 😉
Book: The Pillars of the Earth
Superpower: Invisibility

If she’s not watching FRIENDS or spending time in her garden, you can find Alexa hanging out with her friends and family. ISFJ. Alexa is responsible for the day-to-day communication with each student in the dental program. She guides and assists students throughout the entire process, providing information about program requirements, how to apply, when to accept, and what they need to do when they arrive in Australia.

Food: Pasta
Drink: Grape soda
Movie: Mrs. Doubtfire
Music: Anything (but Christmas music is always a favourite!)
Book: Harry Potter series
Superpower: Invisibility

Aries. Easy-going type person. Love movies, Netflix, puns, friendship, late nights, and when a good song comes on the radio. ENFP

Charlynn works closely with her medicine teammate Amanda as the point of contact for our universities for all medicine application questions or concerns. Not only does she submit the apps, she also tracks and monitors all student documents and ensures timely student correspondence regarding applications and corresponding documents.

Food: Pizza (There is no such thing as a bad pizza)
Drink: Chocolate milk
Movie: A Beautiful Mind
Music: Open to all music, except heavy metal
Book: The Book Thief
Superpower: Always knowing the truth

Planner, organizer, and aesthetic-type. Enjoys learning, exploring the outdoors and spending quality time with loved ones. ISFJ. As an admissions officer, Carolyn assists all students interested in studying rehabilitation sciences, including physio, OT, speech path, audiology, and chiro.

Food: Breakfast
Drink: Coffee (decaf, because health)
TV Show: FRIENDS
Animal: Loon
Season: Fall

Homebody who loves to mix in some travel. Often found at the cottage, Netflix binging, snuggling puppies or roping her husband into the next home-improvement project. ENFJ

As the Admissions team leader, Krista is the key Admissions contact for university representatives. Krista oversees the implementation of all inquiry and admissions processes and handles any escalations. Krista’s primary goal is to support her team members, so they can provide exceptional student services.

Food: Homemade mac ‘n’ cheese
Drink: Kingston Estates Cabernet Sauvignon (it’s Australian!)
Movie: The Holiday
Music: Everything but heavy metal/screaming
Book: Bridge to Terabithia
Superpower: Flying

I love spending time with friends and family, cottaging/camping (in a trailer), concerts, road trips, St Patrick’s day and Netflix. I’m also a graphic designer, so when I’m not at OzTREKK, I’m designing posters, logos and invitations. ENFJ. The OzTREKK office says Molly is inquisitive and always on a quest for knowledge (Q4K). The whole office enjoys Molly’s special brand of wit and humour and her ability to ask the hard questions. Why though?

Food: Chicken Souvlaki
Drink: Water or Coffee or Iced Capp
Movie: The Wedding Singer / Step Brothers
Show: The Killing/Scrubs/Schitt’s Creek
Music: Too much! Arcade Fire/Death Cab/Dire Straits/Springsteen
Fave Concert: AC/DC or Metallica
Pastime: Yard sales and thrift shops

Sports fan, athlete, witty, awkward-kinda dude. Enjoys fantasy sports, museums, writing, binging TV, conspiracies, random adventures, and daydreaming about golf and cottage life. ISFJ. As half of the dentistry hub at OzTREKK, Matthew communicates regularly with our universities by ensuring all applications are A-okay. He also processes the offers for our brilliant dent students. Matthew opens office windows (because tall) so the women at OzTREKK do not suffocate.

Food: Pizza
Drink: Stella Artois
Movie: Moneyball
Music: Rock, alternative, Celine Dion ballads
Book: The Guy on The Left
Superpower: Flying

Bubbly, outgoing and easily amused! Loves animals more than most people, concerts, travel, swimming, the outdoors and making simple tasks into fun adventures. Hates spiders, heights, and eggs. ESFJ.

As Territory Manager for Eastern Ontario, Sarah is your connection to high schools and universities in the Ottawa, Kawartha, Kingston and Kitchener/Waterloo regions. She travels her way around Ontario attending university fairs, conducting information sessions, and connecting with students who would like to pursue study in Australia.

Food: Polish. Perogies, sauerkraut, sausage, cabbage rolls—you name it
Drink: Rye and Diet Coke
Movie: Peter Pan (original)
Music: Country
Book: Harry Potter (all, but mostly Goblet of Fire)
Superpower: Talking to / understanding animals

Singer, actress, performer. Loves music, movies, social outings, being active, and trying new things. ESFJ.

Lindsay has worked as the university-facing admissions officer for all rehab sciences programs and has recently stepped into the student-facing role to be the main point of contact for the students she is passionate about helping. She is also the office entertainment with her crazy antics and outgoing personality (completely shameless).

Food: Anything spicy (especially buffalo sauce)
Drink: Gin & soda
Movie: White Christmas
Music: Literally everything but hardcore metal
Book: Little Women
Superpower: Teleportation

Reader, writer, editor-type person. Loves books, music, movies, art, funny people, wiener dogs, and long walks in the bookstore. Likes westerns. Doesn’t like idiotic rules. INFP. Julie connects Marketing, Recruitment, and Admissions for all OzTREKK and university messaging and manages the OzTREKK websites, including the OzTREKK Boarding Pass and application system. She also tackles the blog, creates landing pages, graphics, and copy.

Food: Filet mignon
Drink: Pink grapefruit juice
Movie: Sleeping with the Enemy
Music: Almost all, but love British alt-rock (Editors, Hard-Fi, Aquilo, Bastille, Amber Run…)
Book: The Great Gatsby
Superpower: Flying

Dog lover, Netflix-watcher, social. Loves hanging out with friends and family, and enjoys weekend getaways with Hubby. ESFJ. ❤
Lindsay works within three teams at OzTREKK: Marketing, Recruitment and Admissions. Lindsay manages the content creation, video production, social media platforms and event logistics for OzTREKK. She’s expanding her video production skills these days, so watch out, Spielberg!

Food: Udon noodle stir-fry
Drink: Chelada (Ceaser with a Cornita)
Movie: Elf
Music: Country
Book: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
Superpower: Teleportation

Kind, thoughtful, tidy. Road-tripping, nature-loving, nutrition-learning introverted empath. Happy to hunt the thrift shops for hidden treasures! INFP.

Amanda works closely with her medicine teammate Charlynn and is the point of contact for students for all medicine application questions or concerns. Need help figuring out which medicine program is right for you? Contact Amanda!

Food: Chicken korma
Drink: Water
Movie: I Am
Music: A little bit of everything
Book: Into the Wild
Superpower: Intuition

Spends his days painting and parenting, wordsmithing long-winded emails and living the life of a digitally indigenous Genghis-enthused socialist libertarian data magician. INTP. Adam masters strategic planning, systems development, market research and reporting metrics to support all OzTREKK teams.

Food: Beer
Drink: Old fashioned
Art: g3nghis.com
Music: electronic/hiphop
Book: Noam Chomsky’s bibliography
Superpower: Living one day at a time

Dreamer, doer, traveller, optimist; loves people and the world. ENFJ. As the Territory Manager for Western Ontario, Anna facilitates events and information sessions at universities and high schools, providing guidance and direction regarding study in Australia. Based in the “Hammer” (Hamilton), Anna is always dreaming of her next travel destination.

Food: Nutella
Drink: Coffee
Movie: Love Actually
Book: Oryx and Crake
Travel: Nepal
Superpower: Mind-reading

Traveller, nighthawk, social butterfly. Has a major sweet tooth. Loves tea, music, dogs. ESFP. #FOMO
Meghan works with vet, public health, nursing, optometry, undergrad and postgrad programs, helping to make the application process easier, and making sure everything stays on track. Meghan also works with our university partners with any application questions or concerns.

Food: Tacos
Drink: Her own trademark (vodka, soda and peach schnapps)
Movie: Superbad , State of Play
Music: A little bit of everything! Country, classic rock, rap, top 40
Book: The Girl on the Train
Superpower: Healing

Calendar-lover, travel enthusiast, baker. Also a fan of sports, the outdoors, comedians, and fun facts. ENFJ. As the other half of the law hub with Kati, Kaylee whips applications into shape to make sure everything is as it should be. She also works directly with students interested in studying pharmacy or teaching.

Food: Breakfast foods!
Drink: G&T
Movie: Remember the Titans
Music: Most genres, including country and Top 40…
Book: The Harry Potter series and anything relating to WWII
Superpower: Teleportation

Wanna-be homesteader who loves dad-jokes, gardening, reading text books and hanging with her kids while channeling her inner child. INFP. Empathetic and innovative, Shannon is responsible for coordinating better student experience strategies across multiple programs. As our most experienced admissions officer, Shannon has helped hundreds of students through the process.

Food: A tie for cereal and cheese
Drink: Coffee
Movie: I Heart Huckabees
Music: Ranges from Americana, folk, funk or anything that makes you move
Book: Other than her forest gardening textbooks, anything by Dave Eggers
Superpower: Lorax powers—speaking for the trees and the brown Bar-ba-loots

Connoisseur of immature and unseemly TV shows, Can lit, eating over the sink, and the Oxford comma. Adorer of dogs and also every animal ever. Intermittent biker chick and bass player. Knitter, librarian, and clown. INFP. Lara is OzTREKK’s Training Coordinator—finder, keeper, and sharer of The Information.

Food: Ethiopian
Drink: Dark roast French Press in the morning, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc at night
Movie: Threat Level Midnight
Music: Baroque, Drum&Bass, ’80s & ’90s hip-hop, Brad Mehldau, Megadeth, and Conway Twitty
Book: Observatory Mansions
Superpower: Saviour of Spiderbros

Sociable, curious, love for travel and meeting new people, married at centre ice, party planner, determined dreamer, you can take the girl out of the small town but you can’t take the small town out of the girl! ESFJ-A. Leanna is OzTREKK’s admissions officer for our rehab science students. She will be packaging and submitting your applications as well as being your university liaison!

Food: Spanakopita
Drink: Tom Collins
Movie: Pretty Woman
Music: Anything you can sing, stomp and dance to!
Book: The Wealthy Barber Returns
Superpower: Supernatural hearing