Offering unique insights from clinical child & adolescent psychologists, former police officers and teachers
ySafe's award-winning team of cyber safety experts have provided online safety education to over half a million students across Australia.
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Since our inception in 2013, ySafe has become Australia's leading provider of cyber safety education. We are known for our eclectic team of child psychologists, ex-police officers and teachers who specialise in cyber safety.
Originally founded by psychologists, the need was identified for a multidisciplinary approach to cyber safety education and management. With that, our team expanded to include clinical psychologists, ex-police officers and teachers who are leaders in the field of cyber safety and social media. Our combined experience in child development, research, policing, and classroom contexts has provided us with a unique insight into the challenges and opportunities that participating in a digital environment presents to students, parents, and schools.
600,000
students
300,000
parents
80,000
staff
600
schools
ySafe is a trusted eSafety provider
Trusted eSafety providers are quality online safety education providers who have had their online safety content endorsed by the Office of the eSafety Commisioner.
Our Cyber Safety Experts
Taryn Wren
Executive Director
Secondary Educator (ICT)
Yazmin London
Executive Director
Ex-Police Officer
Teodora Pavkovic
Digital Wellness Expert
Psychologist
Education Team
Patrick Thomas
State Education Manager
WA
David Smith
State Education Manager
NSW
Abi Dargan
State Education Manager
QLD
Indiana Edman
Cyber Safety Educator
WA
Helen McShane
Cyber Safety Educator
WA
Louise Armstrong
Cyber Safety Educator
NSW
Ankita Patwardhan
Cyber Safety Educator
NSW
Georgia Brouner
Cyber Safety Educator
NSW
Jackson Edward
Cyber Safety Educator
NSW
Gina Steinberg
Cyber Safety Educator
VIC
Content Team
Jenny Li
Education Content Specialist
Secondary Educator (ICT)
Chenelle Leatt-Hayter
Education Content Specialist
Rebecca Jeffrey
App Content Specialist
Michelle Manowski
Parent Content Specialist
More about our Expert Team
Taryn Wren
Executive Director
Yasmin London
Executive Director
Taryn Wren
Executive Director
Taryn is a qualified secondary school teacher specialising in science and information communication technology (ICT). Taryn is passionate about technology ethics and has substantial experience in program design reflecting pro-technology objectives in relation to online behaviour.
Prior to beginning her teaching degree, Taryn worked in engineering consulting and project management, gaining significant experience in resource management and strategic planning.
As a Project Manager, Taryn is well accustomed to working with and tailoring services for groups and individuals in diverse contexts and with varying objectives, constraints, and concerns.
Taryn's teaching experience coupled with her professional background has afforded her particular expertise in working with schools, industry, and government to establish their unique requirements regarding cyber safety education. Taryn has been involved ICT and cyber-safety policy and procedure development in a range of education and business settings.
Taryn has a high level of familiarity with Australian Curriculum and AITSL Standards, which she applies to coordinate cyber safety education and consultation assignments from individual school engagement to government and dioceses level projects.
Yasmin London
Executive Director
After spending 10 years in the New South Wales Police Force, Yasmin contributes unique expertise in the field of cyber safety. Having operated at the coalface of dealing with the real life consequences of online abuse experienced by young people, Yasmin felt impassioned about the need for preventative action in cyber safety in order to minimise the need for critical intervention.
Yasmin has been a specialist youth liaison with the NSW police for over 6 years of her service and was awarded runner up NSW Youth Officer of the year in 2015.
With extensive experience in the legalities of the technology terrain, mental health intervention and youth in crisis, Yasmin regularly advises and consults to government, schools, parents and youth advocacy agencies on cyber safety education and response.
Yasmin, a renowned cyberbullying advocate, also co-founded REELise, an NFP anti-bullying and mental health promotion charity that helps young people connect and express themselves through pocket filmmaking, and encourages the use of technology to improve wellbeing and resilience.