Creative Conexions
My Journey
Jesse Scott
(They/Them)
Image Description: White skinned person with short brown hair, brown glasses, brown eyes freckles, grey jackets and pants, rainbow top, pouring from a red watering can, in a room full of plants
I’m a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent, disabled human—living, feeling, navigating, and co-creating my way through this wildly colourful world. My work is rooted in lived and living experience with mental health. But it’s also rooted in love, for community, for justice, for the kind of care that doesn’t fit inside systems.
I’ve worked as a Youth Worker, Peer Worker, advocate, and co-dreamer across grassroots and service settings. What lights me up is connection: creating spaces where young people feel seen, where neurodivergent and LGBTQIA+ folks feel safe, and where difference is not just accepted, but celebrated.
I’m passionate about shaking up what “support” looks like, building community-led spaces, and championing the brilliance of people often left on the margins. My work is political, personal, and deeply relational. I don’t have all the answers, but I show up with honesty, curiosity, and a big, messy, loving heart. Let’s make some magic, together.
Bio
Hi, I’m Jesse. I’m a queer, non-binary, neurodivergent, disabled human with a living experience of mental health challenges. Writing bios makes me squirm a little, so consider this a work-in-progress, much like me. I love plants (I have over 300 and I will probably try to give you one), collect teapots, buttons, and badges, and feel most alive bush camping, road-tripping, or co-creating with other weird and wonderful humans.
My journey into the mental health space began as a kid, accessing support during a time when the world felt too much. I’ve always had big feelings, and I’ve lived through some very hard things. For a long time, I thought I was the problem—until I found community, peer support, and spaces that felt like home. Now I know: it was never me. The spaces just weren’t built for people like me.
I’ve worked in, volunteered in, and navigated traditional mental health systems, public hospitals, community orgs, and NDIS. But what drives me is imagining and building the spaces we actually need—where care is creative, collective, accessible, affirming, and human.
Creative Conexions was born from that dream. A space for co-creation. A container for lived and living wisdom. A playful, political, values-led community. My work spans:
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Peer support (youth & adult)
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Lived experience consulting
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Co-design leadership
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Training and facilitation
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Community program design
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Group development and storytelling
A Glimpse at My Work
Founder & Director – Creative Conexions
Peer Worker & Group Facilitator – Rainbow Muse
Lived Experience Network Member – Switchboard
Recovery Educator – Discovery College
Senior Youth Peer Worker – headspace YEPP
Co-design Lead (Child & Youth Post-Suicidal Outreach) – Alfred Health
Consumer Consultant – Monash Health
Learning Along the Way
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Decolonial Shadows Work – Unlearning the white colonial mind
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Intentional Peer Support (IPS)
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Alternatives to Suicide – Train the Trainer + Group Facilitation
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Open Dialogue & Dual Diagnosis
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Advanced Group Facilitation + Youth Peer Support (5-day)
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Food and Mood / Queer & Trans Youth of Colour Training
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Cultural Safety + LGBTIQA+, Trans & Gender Diversity Training
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Cert III Individual, Aged & Community Support
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Mental Health First Aid