Iona, Literacy Coordinator

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.

You can be anybody when you can read a book

"To me, my students never fail. If they can't do something, it means I have to find another way to teach it."

Photo of Governer being interviewed at Print Radio Tasmania

Print Radio Tasmania - Turning print into sound

26Ten has done multiple interviews with Print Radio Tasmania over the years. Listen to them here!

Acknowledgement of Country

26Ten recognises the deep histories and cultures of the Aboriginal people of Lutruwita/Tasmania, the land’s first storytellers. We acknowledge Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the traditional and continuing custodians of the land, waters and sky. We pay respect to the Elders, past and present, who hold the memories, traditions, culture and knowledge of Country. We extend our respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, whose Countries were never ceded.

Success story: Iona, Literacy Coordinator