Anja van Aswegen is an educator with experience in teaching mainstream, special, EAL, and gifted cohorts of students at schools, private programs, and volunteer settings. She works as a Primary school classroom teacher within the Queensland education system. Recently, she has undertaken a Masters of Education and Professional Studies Research at Griffith University. Her thesis, which she is presenting at this conference, explores formalised sex education in Australia – a topic of passion and interest.