Our People

Natasha Jumelet

Hello I am Natasha. I am profoundly Deaf. It is my passion to be involved with Deaf communities. I have worked for 20 years in the Deaf community both in Melbourne and Auckland. I graduated in Australia with a Bachelor of Education in linguistics.

I have taught Auslan and I am a qualified Blind RELAY interpreter. I have a Level 4 Disability Support Worker Diploma for working with clients who suffer with mental illness. I grew up loving to cook through my parents.

I love mixing socially with the Deaf community and I always encourage all Deaf to follow their interests and I enjoy helping them to reach their potential. It makes me happy to see Deaf succeed.

Monari Falepeau

Hi, I am Monari and this is my sign name. I’m profoundly deaf. I have a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Unitec. In my spare time I love cooking food with my family, exercise daily in the beautiful natural scenery. I enjoy hanging out with my friends and going to restaurants and cafes. I’m the coordinator for the Deaf Wellbeing Society Drop In Centre. I really enjoy working with deaf people to teach a variety of new art projects and new experiences. It’s such a lovely company to be involved with all deaf people and also easy to communicate as its my language. Hope to see you all there at Drop In Centre!

Anna Dubbelt

Hello I am Anna and I am Deaf, living in Auckland.

What do I do? I film Natasha cooking the NZSL recipes. I make sure the films are clear with good shots in the right angles and lighting: including close ups and zoom. Also I take the photographs of the food.

It is great being part of the Deaf Wellbeing Society team as we all share and exchange ideas together.

I also work with Deaf Aotearoa supporting Deaf people, but my role at Deaf Wellbeing Society is creating films and great photography.

Monica Leach

Hello, my name is Monica. I am from England and came to NZ 16 years ago.

I enjoy working for Deaf Wellbeing Society as it is a Deaf led organisation with services for the Deaf. We offer cooking club, art clubs, visits to Deaf prisoners and visits to Deaf living in rest homes.

I am the office administrator at Deaf Wellbeing Society and my responsibilities include keeping the Deaf community informed about all of our activities. I keep our website updated with information and promote Deaf Wellbeing Society.

Our Committee

The Deaf Wellbeing Society Incorporated is governed by an annually elected committee consisting of a chairperson, treasurer, secretary and 3 other committee members. We feel it is important to be governed by a Deaf majority and like at least 4 out of 6 members to be Deaf. We hold our elections at our AGM every March.

Our current committee consists of:

Yolanda Sutton (Chairperson)
Abbie Twiss (Secretary)
Linda Cullen (Treasurer)
Carmen Neary
Natasha Jumelet
Warren Ng

Membership to our Incorporated Society is free and open to any Deaf person or any parent, sibling, child or partner of a Deaf person. You must have an empathy to our causes and believe all Deaf have the right to equal access to information with no language barriers.

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