..................Profile of Faye Leister

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

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

After graduating I 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 my artistic talents.

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

Over the following years I persued my 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 my Art.

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

Presently I am studying Grad. DIp. Psychotherapy and Counselling (which will convert to Masters in 2012) as well as teaching belly dance.