It’s our people and their enthusiasm, knowledge, dedication and sense of humour that makes Q Academy a fun and inspiring place to learn.
Our team will help you learn massage
Our team of course coaches will inspire you to learn, share their knowledge and experiences, and help make complex issues so easy to understand. Our Career Specialists care about you as a person and want to help you succeed in the massage industry.
Brisbane Campus
Mayde
Clinic Manager
Mayde is a Q Academy graduate and holds a Diploma of Remedial Massage and an Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy. She is the clinic manager of our Brisbane campus since the start of 2021, keeping the highest standard possible and supporting the students to develop their skills for the professional world. Mayde is always on the run at the busiest clinic across our campuses, but always welcomes you with a big smile and vibrant personality.
Nardia
Careers Specialist
Nardia has 10 years of experience in customer service, sales, administration, and marketing. She holds a dual role at Q Academy, working in Student Services alongside Rita, and as a Careers Specialist alongside Maddy. With her friendly personality and positive attitude, you can always count on Nardia to lend a helping hand with a smile on her face!
Golnaz
Course Coach
Golnaz is one of Brisbane’s most experienced Senior Course Coaches, who with her vast amount of knowledge, ensures that her students are successful both in and out of the classroom. Golnaz studied the Diploma of Remedial Massage and Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy with Q Academy and has been a valued member of the teaching team since 2015. She also treats in the Q Academy professional clinic. Her straight forward but amusing teaching style keeps her students learning the tools needed to be fantastic therapists, but also entertained and laughing throughout the process. She is proactive and diligent with the help she gives everyone in her classes. A word of advice when it comes to Golnaz?…DON’T BE LATE!
Ferran
Campus Captain
Ferran hails from Spain and is our head of campus here at Q Academy. Qualified and experienced in both Physiotherapy and Myotherapy, he’s the guy even the coaches seek for advice. Both friendly and approachable, he is very understanding, offers great support and will always lend a hand with a smile. Last of all, his spicy Spanish accent makes anatomical terminology just that bit more fun!
Maddy
Career Specialist
Maddy graduated from Q Academy with a Diploma of Remedial Massage and entered the profession with an accomplished understanding of muscle and joint dysfunctions. Practicing at a clinic in Miami, Maddy has established herself a loyal clientele base equipped with a wide variety of techniques. Maddy has been part of the Q Academy team since 2017 as one of their career specialists. She is passionate about this role, supporting prospective and current students on their journey into the massage industry.
Gold Coast Campus
Kendall
Kendall is a proud graduate of QAcademy and shares the role of Gold Coast Clinic Manager. When she is not on campus you’ll find her on the fields of some of your favourite sporting teams, working across the NRL, QRU, Super Rugby and ALeague seasons as a Sports Therapist.
Jeff
Jeff is an outstanding educator and FMS-certified Remedial Therapist and one of the Gold Coast’s Senior Course Coaches. A former graduate of Q Academy, Jeff has been passionately working in the health and fitness industry for a decade. In addition to teaching the Cert IV, Diploma and Myotherapy courses, Jeff has his own business treating and training clients from 5am each morning. If that wasn’t enough, Jeff is also part-time Manager at a fitness centre in Coolangatta; it’s no wonder he’s so fit!
As a Personal Trainer and certified Sports Nutritionist, Jeff is passionate about health and helping people reach their goals, whether it is in the classroom, gym or bootcamp. His extra qualifications in Dry Needling and as a Sports Trainer and Kettlebell Instructor puts Jeff head and shoulders above other therapists and trainers. His enthusiasm for learning and teaching manual therapy has helped hundreds of graduates start their new career with the confidence that they’ve learned from the best.
Jeff completed the Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy in 2015 which will cement his current position as an excellent manual therapist and educator.
Sandra
Course Coach
Sandra is a graduate of Q Academy and specialises in the teaching of Diploma of Remedial Therapy, Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy and Dry Needling. Sandra also has a Diploma in Beauty Therapy and Business along with qualifications in aromatherapy, Indian head massage and hot stone therapy.
Sandra has experience working in the massage industry for 12 years and has taught at Q Academy since June 2011. She has worked alongside a nationally acclaimed physiotherapist, naturopaths and in the beauty industry both in Australia and the UK but her main love is passing on her knowledge and passion to the next generation of soft tissue therapists.
Karmelle
Careers Specialist
Karmelle completed her Diploma of Remedial of Massage with Q Academy in 2019, and not long after was offered the opportunity to become a Careers Specialist at the Gold Coast Campus. She joined the team with a wealth of sales and admin experience in the corporate world and was instantly a great asset. Karmelle loves the change of pace and the better lifestyle balance for herself and her young family. She loves being part of every student’s journey from first inquiry through to graduation and goes above to make sure everyone feels encouraged and supported while they’re studying. When Karmelle is not working at Q she enjoys spending time with her daughters or operating her own remedial massage business inside a bustling dance studio!
Tammy
Careers Specialist & Course Coach
Tammy works in a few of our departments here at Q academy. These range from administration, career support and teaching in the classroom. Being able to pass on knowledge and skills to students is a very fulfilling role for Tammy. It is being able to help students gain a better understanding and respect for the human body, and then helping them pass this skill on so students can help their clients, is what Tammy finds most rewarding. You find Tammy teaching the Diploma and Myotherapy skills in the classroom.
Over the years since completing her studies, Tammy has worked in multi-modality clinics and with local sporting teams. She really enjoys being able to help people realise that they can live without pain! In Tammy’s spare time she enjoys family time, being outdoors and some personal yoga practice. Tammy looks forward to seeing you on campus!
Sarah
Campus Captain
Upon moving to Australia in 2007, Sarah completed Q Academy’s Diploma of Remedial Massage and obtained a Personal training qualification. She then joined the Q Academy team as a course coach in 2008. In 2011 she accepted the challenge of becoming the Gold Coast Campus Captain. This means every day, Sarah gets to share her experiences with others to help them achieve their career goals. She also ensures that every aspect of her campus is running at the highest possible standard. Sarah loves her responsibilities at the college, as well as interacting with the students on a daily basis. Sarah also loves to travel and socialise with friends, and is currently learning the Polish Language in her spare time.
Sunshine Coast Campus
Hannah
Careers Specialist
Careers Specialist
Wendy
Careers Specialist
Wendy has enjoyed a long career spanning 25 years working in and around Customer Service and Administration prior to joining Q Academy in 2016. She is incredibly passionate about making Q Academy a great place to learn for the students and always goes above and beyond to ensure they are fully supported during their learning experience. You can always be assured of a friendly greeting and a commitment to improving the learning experience when dealing with Wendy.
Ruby
Clinic Manager
Clinic Manager
Aran
Course Coach
Course Coach
Online Team
Claire
Claire graduated with her Diploma of Remedial Massage (Advanced Rehab) at the start of 2021 on the Gold Coast. She was very honoured to be asked to be a part of the Q Academy Team and eagerly began working as an Online Course Coach not long after. After relocating back to Victoria where she grew up, she also moved into the role of Clinic Manager and began the preparations to open the new Student Clinic in Melbourne.
Claire has always been passionate about health and wellbeing and has studied other areas of the industry such as nutrition, psychology, and personal training. She is an avid learner and is always wanting to learn new skills and gain as much knowledge as she can. She loves being a part of students’ journeys through the course and is always open to giving as much guidance as she can from little tricks of the trade, to the best study tools, to open discussions about the human body and how it works!
When Claire is not working, she can be found in the kitchen (eating), training in the gym or spending as much quality time with her family and friends as possible.
Katherine
Katherine has been involved with the health industry for 30 years working in wholesale, retail, clinically and therapeutically. She has worked in private practice with massage, on and off for about 20 years and has seen the industry evolve to become recognised for the powerful therapeutic tool that it is.
She has come to specialise in end of life and disability massage and therefore has seen the benefits of improvements to functional movement as the foundation of my Remedial Massage practice. When she’s not working with NetQ and Q Academy, Katherine works in an aged care facility. Here, she provide massage services to clients with dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, post-stroke rehabilitation and palliative care.
Katherine has worked in South Australia, Victoria and most recently, New South Wales. She love the challenge of remedial work, but most of all she loves that she’s always learning. Katherine runs the Sydney Student Clinic and also works as an Assessor with the NetQ team. Katherine loves the integrative approach to health and wellbeing that is developing and the absolute privilege of watching students become the practitioners of the future. She is constantly inspired.
What other career could have given me involvement with such diverse client needs as pregnancies, births, deaths, athletic performances, grief and trauma, or pure relaxation and stress management? What an amazing job to have!
When not at work, her favourite things are travelling, adding to her extensive snow dome collection, eating other people’s cooking, gardening, nature, history, hanging out with a cheeky English Staffie and watching documentaries or sci-fi movies.
Kat S
Course Coach
Kat is a passionate leader who radiates positive energy. A former graduate of Q Academy, Kat symbolises our motto of “lifelong learning”. Since graduating as a Myotherapist, Kat has also become a Personal Trainer (Cert IV & Diploma), FMS practitioner, SFMA clinician and completed two Dry Needling courses. Kat also works as a yoga teacher and is currently based in Thailand. With outstanding knowledge and skills in manual therapy and exercise prescription, Kat has recently transitioned from full-time Senior Course Coach teaching the Cert IV, Diploma and Myotherapy courses, to focusing on being the Online Tutor for all of the Certificate IV and Short Course Net Q students. When she’s not inspiring team and students at Net Q, Kat can be found teaching yoga overseas and regularly treating a wide range of clients in her travels.
Jenny
Online Captain
Jenny has been with Q Academy for eleven years, during this time she has fulfilled a wide variety of roles within the organisation including; administration, onsite campus management, teaching and course development. With a background in Nutrition and Psychology she is passionate about contributing to an innovative and robust healthcare industry. Jenny is proud of the products NetQ has to offer in particular the dedication of the team and the creativity of solutions on offer to those who choose to study online. Jenny has a Bachelor of Exercise Physiology (University of Queensland) and a Graduate Diploma in Education (Griffith University).
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