Christine Gietz (PhD, BA, Dip Ed, Cert in Uni Training), has tutored at WEA Sydney since 2012 and was its Education Manager from 2021 to 2025. In 2024 she was runner-up for Community Colleges Australia's Trainer of the Year. She also tutors at The University of Notre Dame in the School of Education where she recently completed her PhD. As a tutor at WEA, she has a passion for teaching poetry, Shakespeare and journal writing. As a tutor at university she is enthusiastically engaged in teaching academic writing and the foundations for teaching. She believes that teaching is both a privilege and a joy and it is this sense of joy in discovery and learning which she hopes to convey to her students.