..................Profile of Faye Leister
Creator, author and illustrator of Animals and Us - Teaching Positive Values, book and website.

Faye graduated from UNSW (COFA) in 1985 with a BA (Visual Arts) and from University of Sydney in 1989 with a Grad. Dip. Ed (Primary).

She taught as a casual teacher throughout 1990 but gave up teaching to resume post graduate study in History at the University of Sydney and also to persue her artistic talents.

Faye created, wrote and illustrated four teacher resource books in the early 1990's:
Creative Spaces and Funny Faces
Classroom Capers for Casuals books 1,2 and 3.

Over the following years she persued her interests and talents in playing fiddle, training and performing in dance (African/Urban Tribal and Belly Dance), practicing and teaching astrology, teaching drawing, painting and exhibiting her Art.

Faye has always had a deep love for animals and has been involved in suppoting animal rights and animal protection movements for some years. She also has an interest and passion for Philosophy and Ethics.