Our Story
Some say that Australia is a nation of immigrants; people arriving here with little luggage but with huge dreams and aspirations...arriving here with a strong desire to take an active role in nation building as citizens, workers, parents, students, neighbours….
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Australia's story is one of great cultural diversity and at JM&A, we work with government, community and business to find ways to make cultural diversity a driver for social cohesion and innovative business practices.
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So, what's your story? Do you provide culturally appropriate services? Do your strategies reach everyone? Do you want to broaden your cultural understanding? Your client base?
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OUR TEAM
Committed to Excellence
JM&A has operating in the Multicultural sector for over 15 years. Our team has evolved over the years and is at the leading edge of cross cultural and cultural competence training. We work across government, corporate and non-government sectors to create interactive and thought provoking personal development opportunities for staff. We also design educational materials in a range of media.
CORE TEAM
JUDITH MIRALLES
Founder & Director
BA (Hons), Dip Ed, MA (Hons 1)
Judith has over 30 years' experience in the diversity sector including policy analysis, development and implementation, spanning the community sector, local and state governments. She brings passion, commitment and expertise in 'opening up the mainstream' to all her consultancy work.
BEATRIZ MIRALLES-LOMBARDO
Managing Director
BFA
Beatriz has over 20 years' experience in the research industry. Her interest in communications, teamed with a genuine drive to assist organisations in improving service delivery and building cultural competence, led her to develop the online resource CultureMate®. Her mission was to ensure that the tools key to effective cross cultural communication were put directly in the hands of the user.
DR. HUNG THE NGUYEN
Lead Trainer
Dr. Hung The Nguyen BMedSci (Hons), MBBS (Hons) DipRANZCOG, FRACGP Hung is an expert in cross-cultural medical practice and Indigenous health. Hung has worked as a general practitioner in an Aboriginal Community Control Health Service, was a senior lecturer in general practice at Monash University and director of medical and cultural education, NTGPE, Darwin.
OUR SERVICES
Founded by Judith Miralles in 2001, our company has been operating in the Multicultural space for over 15 years.
TRAINING
We work with you to create interactive and thought provoking cross cultural training and cultural competence training - including on-line, self paced learning and face-to-face options.
PLANNING
We can help you deliver culturally competent services. We identify gaps in service delivery and work with you to develop culturally inclusive policies and strategic plans for all business areas.
RESEARCH
Our research department can help you:
Formulate culturally inclusive policies and programs, Create successful in-language campaigns, Evaluate program outcomes and find information through targeted literature reviews.
COMMUNICATION
Using strong research based methodologies, we can help you deliver culturally competent communication campaigns across all business and service areas.
DESIGN
We bring a creative flair to every brief, incorporating thoughtful and sensitive design into all our projects.
ONLINE PRODUCTS
We have built a range of successful online products that increase the capacity and competence of our clients - see more information at: