Majella Peter is representing the Umpila clan group on the Every Child Is Special project. Umpila land boundary is situated south east of Coen, along the coast in between Lama lama, Southern Kaanju and Uthungunau traditional lands.

Majella inherits the Umpila clan from her father’s side. She is also apart of the Lama lama clan group from her mother’s side.

Majella was born in Cairns, she spent most of her life growing up in the community and away at boarding school at Atherton High in the Tablelands and doing her final year, year 12 at Bamaga High in Bamaga.

Majella has worked on various work experience in hospitality at Tjapukai Tourism and Macuree Harbor in Cairns.

Apart of the project, Majella will be doing a training program that she will be undertaking a Certificate III in Indigenous Cultural Transmission. She has chosen to be a Tutor so that she can learn and understand more about her clan, also passing knowledge to the younger generation.

Majella is a new mum to a one month year old baby girl named Verona. Baby Verona attends work with her mother on the project.

Majella believes that the Every Child Is Special project will help strengthen the Coen community by bringing the different clans together to help with culture survival and education, and its support for the young community to be independent and to become future leaders.

Majella also believe that through this project, it will give her the support and respect as a role model by her community, by being a role model for the younger generation she looks at working towards making positive changes within her community.

Majella is looking forward to completing her certificate. She hopes that completing this certificate will help her to future studies, upgrade her skills and give her confidence to achieving all of that.

She wants to make a better future for her daughter, family and her community.