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Meet our contributors

India Patterson

Meet India, The Modern Muse’s book reviewer and content curious nurse from Melbourne. She is currently completing her Post Graduate Certificate in Writing and Literature. 

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Chelsea Ryan

Meet Chelsea, The Modern Muse’s beauty writer. Chelsea is Brisbane-based and loves to explore the things that make us human in her work. A lover of pop culture, makeup and a devoted foodie, she finds inspiration in shared and personal experiences. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her at a local wine bar with friends or curled up on the couch with a book. 

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Frances Nam

Meet Frances, a writer and creator from the Gold Coast. She combines a deep love for self-care and wellness practices with research and personal stories to offer an informative but fun and relatable read. Drawing from her own journey of healing and learning, Frances hopes to inspire and empower others to live healthier and happier lives with a balanced and sustainable approach to wellbeing.

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India Worthington

Meet India, The Modern Muse Magazine’s fashion stylist. India was once an introverted individual who preferred to avoid attention, but her journey of self-discovery led her to embrace fashion as a crucial part of her identity. As she gained confidence, she began experimenting with colour and developed a playful approach to fashion, learning to express her personal style without concern for others’ opinions. Her passion for fashion design emerged in childhood and led her to study a personal styling course with the Australian Style Institute in Melbourne. Since then, India has assisted in numerous fashion shows and editorial shoots across the country, with several features in magazines. A strong advocate for sustainable fashion, she encourages conscious consumption and incorporates unique second-hand pieces into her work. Inspired by icons like Carrie Bradshaw, Maxine Wylde, and Wisdom Kaye, India embraces creativity and individuality, viewing fashion as a powerful form of self-expression rather than just following trends.

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Alisha Diacono

Meet Alisha, a writer for The Modern Muse Magazine. When she isn’t writing, she loves trying new restaurants, visiting bookstores and thrift shopping. Alisha loves daydreaming by the seaside and works as a librarian when she isn’t out with friends or reading. Alisha is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Communications & Literature and can talk about novels, films, music and fashion for hours.

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Jacki Elezovich

Meet Jacki, a journalist and editor from Perth, Western Australia. She is a big fan of all things artsy and literary and loves the challenge of writing about something new or quirky. When she’s not at her writing desk, you can often find her in a new cafe or hiding away in her local secondhand bookstore.

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Charlie Kondos

Meet Charlie, a writer for The Modern Muse Magazine. Based in Melbourne’s inner north, Charlie is currently completing her Bachelor of Communications (Journalism), with the hopes of emerging as a fashion journalist. Her writing focuses on relatable yet insightful content, providing an engaging angle on fashion and lifestyle matters. When she’s not formulating her next article, you can usually find her scouring a vintage clothing market, attending Pilates, or reading Vogue’s latest issue.

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Genevieve McMullen

Meet Genevieve, a writer for Modern Muse Magazine. Genevieve has been working in the marketing industry for over 10 years, helping brands tell stories through the written word. Her journey as a writer is fuelled by weaving stories that inspire and connect audiences through humour and relatability. When not typing rapidly on the keyboard, Genevieve can be found pottering in the garden, reading (yet another) crime fiction book or devouring the latest cult documentary.

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Stephanie Dent

Meet Steph, The Modern Muse’s resident travel agent, who found her heart beats faster for travel than for textbooks. Spending a decade as a flight attendant, time living overseas and then as a travel consultant, her journey is a tale of passports, plane tickets, and wanderlust (complete with more than her fair share of delays). Despite travelling to over 50 countries, Steph’s bucket list still stretches longer than an international flight. She hopes to inspire your future travels and guide you toward slightly fewer mishaps than she’s encountered. Get ready to catch the travel bug.

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Soma Kochak

Meet Soma Kochak, a writer for the Modern Muse Magazine. Soma works in fashion PR and has personal styling, fashion show management, and a Masters of Fashion (Entrepreneurship) under her belt. Soma covers must-know topics and discussions that shape today’s zeitgeist and is a lover of fashion, food, film, and books (with an inexplicable weakness for historical romances and their standards of love). As a Melbourne local, she loves all that the city has to offer, especially Koko Black’s Belgian hot chocolate. ‘It’s like a warm hug,’ she says, ‘and we need plenty of them in Melbourne’s weather’.

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Amber Sargeant

Meet Amber Sargeant, The Modern Muse’s resident psychologist, however, you might know her better as The Anxious Psych on TikTok or from her clinic The Sunshine Club Psychology. With a Masters of Professional Psychology, and a Masters of Psychology Practice (Clinical) under her belt, Amber works with all different kinds of presentations from anxiety and depression to personality disorders, ADHD, and everything in between. Her TikTok forms a community hub for accessible information about mental health and psychology in a way that is more approachable and understandable to the average person.

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