Iona's story
Iona Johnson is a literacy coordinator at Libraries Tasmania and she works at Risdon Prison.
Iona won the ‘Engaging our Learners: Adult award’ at the Department for Education, Children and Young People’s Together We Inspire Awards in September 2019 for her passion and hard work in lifting skills in reading, writing and maths.
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Maree uses resourcefulness and determination to address her literacy challenges
"I’m getting there. I’m not down here anymore… but I want to get up the top. It might take me six, twelve months… but I don’t care. As long as I get to where I want to go.”
Nathan turned his life around through literacy
“I just never expected it to have a snowball effect and affect other facets of my life.”
