Shae Marie

CEO and Founder

Shae Wissell is the CEO, Founder and Executive Director of the Dear Dyslexic Foundation. Shae is a published graduate researcher, Amazon number 1 bestselling author and the host of the Dear Dyslexic Podcast Series, listened to globally.

Shae trained as a Speech Pathologist and then completed a Masters Degree in Public Health and Health Administration. Shae has worked extensively over the last 18 years in the Health Sector as a clinician and manager. During this time Shae found her passion in life and establish the Dear Dyslexic Foundation, which works to empower young people and adults with dyslexia.

As a person with dyslexia and dysgraphia (learning disabilities) herself, Shae has seen and experienced first-hand the discrimination and humiliation those with dyslexia can face. Dyslexia can impact significantly on a person’s education, employment, social and emotional wellbeing and quality of life. Shae is currently a Doctoral Candidate researching Adults with dyslexia: the demands on adulthood in Australia across employment education and mental health.

Shae recently debuted her first book – The Hobo CEO, A Year in the Life of a Dyslexic Social Entrepreneur and published a component of her research Adults with dyslexia: A snapshot of the demands on adulthood in Australian, Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties with co-author Leila Karimi and Tanya Serry, La Trobe University.