Christina Dinh

Director and Optometrist in Inner-West Sydney

B. Optom (Hons) UNSW
Christina graduated from the University of New South Wales in 2008 with Honours.
She started Student Eyecare in 2012 after seeing a need for students to be diagnosed who may not have their eyes checked regularly. She has also worked in rehabilitation clinics and foster centres in NSW and has volunteered in eye clinics in Coya, Peru and also in Tacloban, Phillipines after Typhoon Haiyan.
She has a young son and loves to spend time with family and friends.
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Heather Shearsby

Optometrist in South Sydney

B. Optom (Hons) UNSW
Heather graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1994 with Honours. 
She has worked in a variety of Optometry practices in and around Sydney to NSW Central Coast, rural WA and Tasmania.
Heather began working for Student Eyecare in 2014. She has three children and lives in the Sutherland Shire.

Emma Jaafar

Optometrist in South-West Sydney

B.Optom (Hons), Cert Ocular Therapeutics UNSW
Emma graduated with honours from the University of NSW in 1999 with the degree of Bachelor of Optometry. She furthered her education by completing her Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics in 2016.
Before joining the Student Eyecare team in 2018, Emma was the Principle Optometrist at OPSM and has almost 20 years experience in both corporate and private practice.
As a mother to four active school aged  children, Emma understands first hand the need for high quality and compassionate eyecare, and the importance of detecting and  correcting vision issues from a young age.  

Megan Tu

Optometrist in South-West Sydney

B. Optom (Hons) UNSW
Megan is a therapeutically endorsed Optometrist who has worked with a wide range of age groups and client demographics. She has particular interests in children’s vision, myopia control, vision therapy and ocular pathology. She currently conducts eye exams at schools in south-west Sydney, is a paediatric clinic supervisor at the UNSW Optometry Clinic, owner of an after-hours optometry clinic and is the secretary of Young Optometrists NSW/ACT. She has completed the Advanced Diagnosis of Ocular Disease (1) units in the Masters of Optometry degree at UNSW. ​

Elissa Blackman

Optometrist in Inner South-East Melbourne

B. Optom (UMelb)
Elissa graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2000. She has worked as an optometrist in Melbourne and Perth. She completed her Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics in 2005.  Elissa has been to Southern India three times to do volunteer work and provide spectacles to under-privileged people who lived in rural villages.  She now works part time and is a mother of 2 children.

Jeanine McKenzie

Optometrist in South-West Melbourne

B. Optom (UMelb)
Nean graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1991.  In 2005 she completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics. Nean's professional interest is children's vision.
Nean has worked at Optometry practices around Melbourne, country Victoria and New Zealand. She spent two years working as a volunteer in an eye hospital in Asmara, Eritrea. Nean has worked at Student Eyecare since 2017.
Nean lives in the area with her husband and two children. She enjoys writing children's novels and cycling to work.

Leonie Turner

Optometrist in South-East Melbourne

B. Optom (UMelb)
​Leonie graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1991. She has worked at various practices across Melbourne and has been with Student Eyecare since 2016. She has completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Ocular Therapeutics.
She has three children and dedicates her time to taking care of her family and being a judge on Tournament of Minds.

Sandra Darido

Optometrist in North-West Melbourne

B. Optom (Hons) UNSW
Sandra graduated from the University of NSW, in 2006, with a Bachelor of Optometry with first class honours. She was awarded the ACBO university prize for outstanding results in binocular and children's vision. She has worked in both independent and corporate practises in Sydney and Melbourne.
​She has a passion for working with children and has two school aged boys of her own. In her spare time she enjoys reading and doing outdoor activities with her family.