Our Team

BPsych(Hons), PhD(Clinical Psychology)

President

Dr Nicola Sheeran is a Clinical Psychologist and Lecturer. Her research has looked at the transition to motherhood and long term outcomes for adolescent mothers, communication between adolescent mothers and health professionals, factors affecting service utilisation and the relationship between stereotypes/attitudes of adolescent mothers and outcomes in Australian. Nicola also has worked as a community educator at Children by Choice and has 10 year experience providing non-directive unplanned pregnancy counselling.

Diploma of Accounting

Treasurer

Selvin Kwong is a community worker and researcher with experience in financial inclusion, welfare reform, labour rights and women’s equity. Within the women’s sector, she has held roles advocating for and supporting women around domestic and sexual violence, and women’s rights at work. She has also worked within community finance and other non-profit organisations pursuing sustainable development and economic justice within Australia and the Asia Pacific. She holds a Diploma of Accounting and is passionate about furthering the financial capacity and well-being of women on both individual and organisational levels.

BA / BJ

Secretary

Carmen Seaby has a degree in Women’s Studies and a long-time commitment to women’s reproductive health and the goals of Children by Choice. Her career in administration has taken her into the private and not-for-profit sector in both the UK and Australia.

MSSB FRACGP

Committee Member

Claire Mohr is a GP working at Victoria Point and enjoys providing all aspects of care to a wide range of patients. She also works for Marie Stopes Australia providing reproductive health services in the Brisbane area. She has a keen interest in promoting access for women to reproductive health options.

LLB, B.Jus, GradDipLegPrac

Committee Member

Carly Hanson is a qualified Lawyer and Trainer with over 15 years’ experience in the legal, not-for-profit and tertiary education sectors. Carly’s current role is Sector Sustainability Coordinator with Community Legal Centres Queensland, where she supports community legal centres to provide effective, high quality services to their communities by facilitating professional development opportunities, undertaking projects to promote innovation and collaboration, and strengthening governance, quality assurance and legal practice risk management frameworks. Carly is passionate about providing holistic support to people experiencing disadvantage and advocating for the rights of women and pregnant people.

Committee Member

Fiona Martin is a Registered Nurse and Midwife who has worked in various health settings within metropolitan, regional and remote areas of Australia. Fiona’s professional interests have always been women’s health and midwifery. In addition to paid employment she has held volunteer roles with the Fremantle Women’s Health Centre in Western Australia and Children by Choice in Brisbane.

Fiona is currently employed as a Registered Nurse / Midwife by Marie Stopes Australia and provides peri-operative nursing care to people of childbearing age seeking termination of pregnancy and/or access to contraception. The role requires woman centred, non-judgemental, pro-choice clinical practice and includes education, counselling, patient advocacy, and referral to additional support services (relative to issues of domestic violence, sexual assault, child protection, cultural awareness, drug and alcohol use and abuse, and mental health).

As a Registered Nurse and Midwife working in abortion care Fiona practices with a pro-choice ethos based on two fundamental beliefs; that every woman has the right to choose what happens to and within her own body, and that women are capable decision makers. She believes that as community we must protect and support every woman’s right to reproductive autonomy and recognise that women are the experts in their own lives.