The Pinnacle Foundation
Ola Radka is a seasoned professional with diverse experience in coaching, psychotherapy, and education. As the Founder, Coach, Psychotherapist, and Workshop Facilitator at Start with Self since November 2017, Ola provides mental health support and facilitates development workshops. Ola currently serves as the Partnerships & Events Manager at The Pinnacle Foundation and a Yoga Teacher at The Yoga Impact Charity. Previous roles include Program Manager and Workshop Facilitator at ABCN, where over 80 programs were managed to address educational disadvantage, and Communications Consultant, enhancing English communication for business professionals. Ola's teaching background includes primary and secondary education in Poland, alongside account management for long-distance adoptions with NYATRI. Educational qualifications include a Master's Degree in English Language and Literature and certifications in trauma-informed yoga and Neuro-Linguistics Programming.
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The Pinnacle Foundation
The Pinnacle Foundation is Australia's LGBTQIA+ education charity. Our flagship program provides educational scholarships, mentoring and opportunities for young LGBTQIA+ Australians to realise their full potential. Our vision is for a more diverse and inclusive society with visible LGBTQIA+ role models. The Foundation awards multi-year scholarships nationally to students aged between 18 and 26 for fulltime study at public higher education institutions in Australia to achieve educational or vocational qualifications in any profession, trade or the arts. Every Pinnacle scholar is carefully matched with a mentor who will typically share the same academic and professional interests, gender identity and sexual orientation. The mentor acts as a role model. They will have walked the scholar’s path – and provide the encouragement, counsel and inspiration to support the scholar’s rounded development and the successful completion of their studies. Many of the young LGBTQIA+ people that Pinnacle supports have grown up in environments where they have been rejected because of who they are and how they identify. Many have experienced bullying, discrimination and abuse. We know that gaining an education can significantly change life for the better. Education increases our options, enriching and empowering us – it helps us to expand our life choices. Additionally, we ally with The University of Sydney Business School to deliver the LGBTQIA+ Executive Fellowship: https://www.sydney.edu.au/business/study/executive-education/lgbtqia-executive-fellowship.html. The Fellowship, the first of its kind in the Asia Pacific region, develops senior and executive leadership capabilities within the LGBTQIA+ community.