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.
More success stories:
Alisha's story
"With the help of my tutor, I am now a fully licensed driver. We did the practical driving as well as the written activities. I passed my driver’s test the first time! I was so excited."
Scott's digital literacy journey
"I was so proud of myself because I sent five words to her to say how was she going, or how are you ... and now, you just do the motions on it, and you don't even know you've sent it. Yeah, thumbs up, go for it. It sounds scary, some of it still is scary for me, but go outside your comfort zone, just get into it."