Portia joined Empower Health NQ at the end of 2023 working in our administration team during her studies and is starting as our Speech Pathologist after graduating with honours in 2024.

Portia loves all things about Speech Pathology. Portia is passionate about supporting clients with their communication skills and empowering individuals to express themselves. Portia has a special interest in paediatric speech pathology in the areas of speech and fluency, but is excited to support clients across the lifespan for all communication and swallowing difficulties.

Portia has lived in Townsville her whole life, and is a proud supporter of the North Queensland Cowboys. In her free time Portia loves to spend time with her family, friends and dogs, Duke and Aspen. Portia is very excited to be a part of the Empower Health NQ team and can’t wait to be practicing as a Speech Pathologist here in 2025.