THE TEAM

Alexandra is the Founder and Executive Director of The Connection Project and the original founder of its predecessor, The Consent Project. She leads the project’s vision, values, partnerships and long-term direction, shaping what the organisation does, how it grows and how it shows up publicly.

As the relational and strategic lead, Alexandra represents the project in external meetings, collaborations and partnerships while helping turn ideas into programs, initiatives and long-term plans.

Within the team, she focuses on creating space for people to work from their strengths and interests, while keeping the wider direction of the project coherent. Her role connects vision, people, strategy and growth.

Leeza focuses on the lived experience of participants across workshops, installations and pop-ups. With a background in creative technology and facilitation, she translates the project’s ideas into interactive and meaningful experiences.

Her work focuses on how people feel, move, reflect and connect during an experience, with particular attention to group dynamics, emotional flow and accessibility.

She also brings a technical and creative perspective to the team, connecting digital tools, physical spaces and interaction design to support participation and connection.

Lisa bridges strategy, funding and execution. She leads subsidy and funding research and helps the project work through national systems, requirements and reporting obligations.

She supports external communication, meetings, follow-ups and financial oversight, helping translate ideas into realistic and sustainable next steps.

Alongside her strategic role, Lisa contributes to the project’s visual direction and communication, bringing together practical thinking and creative judgement.

Tasneem designs the user and participant experience of The Connection Project across workshops, pop-ups, social media and the website.

Drawing from human factors, psychology, research and design, she shapes the project’s brand voice, visual language and interactions so that experiences feel coherent, accessible and human.

She also contributes to program and training design, helping structure experiences in ways that feel intuitive and meaningful while connecting research, human-centred design and creative expression.

Matilde specialises in clarity and connection. She works across program design, workshops and stakeholder engagement, helping translate complex ideas into accessible and workable structures.

She contributes to facilitation, conceptual mapping and feedback on design direction, helping strengthen ideas and make programs easier to understand.

Her role brings together systems thinking, facilitation and program design to help keep the project inclusive, coherent and strategically aligned.

Lisa contributes to the visual communication of The Connection Project through graphic design.

Her work helps translate the project’s ideas into visual material that supports its communication, identity and public presence.