Madeleine Polegaj graduated as a Speech Pathologist from Sydney University in 2013. Madeleine has had 10 years’ experience working with children and adolescents who experience communication disability. Madeleine is passionate about empowering students to use their voice to improve their quality of life, to increase and improve communication access and to upskill students, staff and families in how to use and support the use of AAC throughout the day. Madeleine currently works for the Department of Children and Young People in Tasmania working in both mainstream schools and a special support school.