Michelle Shepherd is inducted into the Victorian Honour Role of Women, a platform which celebrates the outstanding contributions made by Victorian women.
Michelle Sheppard, known to many as Mama Mish, hosts ‘This Girl Can Victoria’ podcast, which empowers LGBTQIA+ women, femme, and non-binary people to get out there and give it a go. Rach and Dean chat to why the podcast was started initially and how it can help us to be more confident to get active.
It was almost a decade ago now that Michelle Sheppard was first interviewed on Melbourne community radio station Joy 94.9 FM about her lived experience as
Michelle Sheppard is a highly respected presenter, advocate, and trainer in the gender equity space. As a transgender woman, Michelle appreciates the difficulties within the grey created by the gender divide and traverses them herself and willingly takes others on the ride with her. Michelle brings her lived experience of being a trans woman into her work - running diversity, equity, and inclusion training, mentoring colleagues, and providing extra support to anyone transitioning or affirming their gender.