Staff Profiles -
Get to know our staff - Bridget Downey-Manning
Role at GSC: (Teaching area/method, leadership position, support role, etc.)
- Education Support Staff – Wellbeing
- First Nations Support
Years in Education: 7
Previous Career(s) or Jobs Before Education: I worked at McDonalds from 2011-2019 where I started as a crew member, and eventually became a First Assistant Manager of Hogans Corner store. I worked across multiple stores and franchisees, multiple shifts (including many, many overnight shifts) and in all areas of the store both customer-related (serving, taking orders, making coffee, making food) and non related (hiring, uniform ordering, customer complaints, ordering of supplies, rosters). I left only to begin working here at GSC full time in August of 2019 where I had been volunteering and doing my university placement since the beginning of 2018.
Hobbies & Interests:
- Netball (go vixens) – I play for East Sunbury Netball Club
- AFL (go stkilda)
- Spirituality – tarot, mediumship, astrology,
- Painting
- House renovations
Do You Have Any Pets? Yes - We have a black and white tuxedo cat called Jinga (Jing-ah, like Jingle Bells but with an a). He is 6 years old, and was rescued from a gutter covered in fleas and nearly dead. He has half a tail, which limits his ability to jump high, but doesn’t limit his ability to be cheeky in every other way! He loves food, specifically chicken, and will often steal our food when we are not looking (including nuggets!) He sits behind my desk at work in a photo frame. His Instagram is @jingagram!
An Interesting Fact About Me: I am very flexible, and have hypermobile elhers-danlos syndrome
Favourite Sport(s) / Team(s): St Kilda FC
Favourite Holiday Destination: New Zealand
The Best Thing I Love About GSC: My colleagues – I am lucky to work alongside some of the best professionals and people.
Three Core Values I Live By
- Respect
- Kindness
- Laughter
Quick Questions
☕ Coffee or Tea? Coffee!
🍫 Favourite Treat: Salt and Vinegar chips!
📚 Favourite Book: The Art of Racing in the Rain – Gareth Stein
🎵 Favourite Music Artist/Band: A Day to Remember
🌏 Dream Travel Destination: Maldives or Tahiti