Meet The Team

Dr Linny Kimly Phuong is a Founder & Director of The Water Well Project. Outside of this dynamic and growing organisation, she is a Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Austin Health, Cabrini Health and ...Read More

Tim is a Paediatrician and Clinician Educator, passionate about providing care to culturally diverse and vulnerable children and families. Tim currently works at The Royal Children's Hospital and for the University of Melbourne, as the coordinator ...Read More

Susan has more than 25 years’ experience working in the Australian public health system as a clinician, manager and senior executive. For 18 years she worked in the most culturally diverse health area in Australia with 39% of the population ...Read More

Julie is an osteopath who works in private practice in Victoria and as a clinical supervisor in the osteopathy program at RMIT University. She has a passion for health equity and believes that strong community health programs are fundamental to ...Read More

Audrey is a purpose-driven executive with an MBA and over 15 years' experience working in marketing, scientific communications and corporate affairs with experience spanning across companies and business lines at varying stages of growth, from ...Read More

Sheetal has practiced as a lawyer for 10 years in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, the Netherlands and England, working primarily on public interest law issues. She completed a Master of Law (LLM) at the University of Cambridge specialising ...Read More

Tina is an experienced HR & OD professional with over 15 years of expertise spanning government, health, tech, finance, and energy sectors. She holds dual degrees, a Bachelor of Arts (History) and a Bachelor of Business (Human Resources). Tina ...Read More

Rachel brings to the role of CEO broad experience gained across the not for profit, corporate, government and consulting sectors. Most recently, Rachel was the CEO of a charity that provides holidays and programs to families and carers ...Read More

Originally from Orange in Central West New South Wales, Della moved to Melbourne to complete further education and graduated with a Bachelor of Business (Business Management) & Bachelor of Arts (Human Rights). Following an internship in the ...Read More

Prior to joining the Water Well Project, Krystina worked for Monash Health for over a decade as a Senior Project Officer and a Service Development Coordinator. Having undertaken a wide range of process improvement and service development projects, ...Read More

For over a decade Ruby has worked as an occupational therapist in paediatric and mental health settings including in community health teams, forensics, special schools and outpatients. She also has experience in health promotion capacity-building ...Read More

Mahisha is a pharmacist with 17 years’ experience working in diverse clinical settings. Passionate about improving health literacy in communities from migrant and marginalised backgrounds, Mahisha volunteered for a period in Nepal, facilitating ...Read More

Thivvy is currently an Oncology Advanced Trainee Registrar at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He is passionate about migrant and refugee health, having grown up witnessing and assisting his father in helping migrant and refugee Tamils in Melbourne. ...Read More

Lewis is a product owner and team leader for a leading provider of workflow software for Australian professionals. He has a Bachelor of Psychology and more than seven years’ experience in web application design and development, stakeholder ...Read More

Chris is currently studying medicine at Deakin University. Prior to this, he worked in public health and clinical research. He is passionate about preventative health and improving healthcare access for socioeconomically, geographically, or ...Read More

Adelle works in marketing and advertising, specialising in strategic campaign planning, with over 10 years experience, across marketing, advertising and digital broadcast. Adelle has worked internationally as well as locally across a variety of ...Read More

Mon is in her fourth year of medical school at Monash University, with an interest in public health and health promotion. Mon has volunteered on several yearly mission trips to Cambodia alongside doctors who provided medical aid to those living in ...Read More

Faizah is currently studying a Bachelor of Medicine at Monash University. She is also undertaking an honours degree related to the upper gastrointestinal system. Faizah has been a part of numerous volunteering and advocacy medical student-lead ...Read More

Prerana is a medical student at Deakin University with a strong passion for global health and education. Having lived in India, she has witnessed health poverty first-hand and believes that equitable healthcare access is a fundamental right and ...Read More

Janine is a Chartered Accountant with 15 years’ experience across finance, commercial business partnering and digital roles. She is excited about using her business acumen to provide support to The Water Well Project from a finance perspective in ...Read More

Sanchita is a seasoned accountant with over 18 years of experience in accounting, analytics, and commercial strategy. Over the years, she has honed her skills in financial analysis, strategic planning, and data-driven decision-making. Her experience ...Read More

Leisel is a Paediatric Registrar in NSW, she graduated in 2013 with an MBBS (Hons) in addition to a Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Science) and a Diploma of Child Health. Leisel is passionate about health education and is a former Chair of the ...Read More

Tuula was appointed to the board of The Water Well Project in March 2023 and is a senior executive with over 16 years of experience in the financial services industry. She has a wide-ranging skill set that spans across various areas, including ...Read More

Hirukshi is a recent Master of Public Health graduate with a bachelor's degree in medicine. She is extremely passionate about health equity and improving the health and well-being of refugees, asylum seekers and migrant communities. Through her ...Read More

I’m a junior doctor at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, having completed my medical training at Monash University. Alongside my clinical work, I also work for the Department of Health in the COVID-19 response as a Team Leader. Through these ...Read More

Lucy Steele is a medical student at The University of Melbourne with a passion for public health and social justice. She believes that everyone deserves an equal opportunity to attain good health outcomes, and that a proficiency in health-literacy ...Read More

Pretashini is current studying medicine at the University of Melbourne and is a strong advocate for health as a universal human right and believes that asylum seekers and refugees should have access all the same. She believes that health literacy is ...Read More

Liz is an Emergency Registrar currently working in the west of Melbourne, after having worked in Darwin, Laos on an Australian Volunteer Placement and most recently in Hobart. Her particular interest in Emergency Medicine is the provision of ...Read More

Tara Pargeter (she/her) is The Water Well Project’s HR & Talent Officer. Tara Pargeter has a Bachelor in Psychology and is currently studying her Masters of Human Resource Management at Deakin University. Tara works as a Senior People ...Read More