Melbourne.
Contact the Enlighten Education head office on 1300 735 997
Enlighten's Founders and National Directors

Dannielle Miller, CEO, Enlighten Education.
Bachelor of Education (Secondary), Graduate Certificate in Management (Professional Practice), Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training
“When working with teenagers, it is important to engage them emotionally; if you can capture their hearts, their minds will follow. I am incredibly proud of the work we do and passionate about acting as a catalyst for change.”
Dannielle Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Enlighten Education ( www.enlighteneducation.com), Australia’s leading provider of in-school workshops for teen girls on body image, self-esteem and empowerment. Enlighten was founded in 2003 and works with more than 20,000 girls each year across Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Malaysia. Believing that boys need and deserve support too, Dannielle recently launched Goodfellas, which delivers in-school workshops to young men.
Dannielle began her career as a high school teacher, then took on a role to develop innovative programs for students at risk of dropping out of school. She went on to create the Lighthouse Project, which pairs at-risk students with workplace mentors to help them develop employment skills. Dannielle also developed a Higher School Certificate (HSC) course in service learning, which nurtures students’ entrepreneurial skills while involving them in meaningful community volunteer work.
In 2018, Dannielle was one of four Finalists for the NSW Premier’s Award for Woman of the Year. In 2007 Dannielle was awarded the title NSW /ACT Small Business Champion Entrepreneur and received an Australian Leadership Award in 2012. Enlighten Education has been named the Australian Small Business Champion for Children’s Services (2007) and was twice a Finalist for an Australian Human Rights Commission Business Award in both 2011 and 2012.
Dannielle has written five books for parents and teen girls, including a best-selling title on raising happy, confident teen girls, The Butterfly Effect (Random House). Her work on women’s issues and adolescents regularly appears online at sites such as RendezView and Women’s Agenda. She is also a bi-weekly Opinion writer for the Saturday edition of the Daily Telegraph and writes features for News Corp’s Stellar magazine.
Choosing to give back to the community is a priority and Dannielle has shared her expertise as a foundation Board Member (Education Initiatives, PR and Fundraising) for The Sanctuary: The Hills Domestic Violence Service & Shelter, in Sydney’s Hills district. She is also an Ambassador for The Mirabel Foundation (a charity that supports children who have been removed from their homes due to illicit drug use).
She can be contacted by the media on 0412 097 977 and has her own website: www.danniellemiller.com.

Francesca Kaoutal.
Bachelor of Education (Secondary)
“My greatest achievements include having a wonderful family and a satisfying career. My aim has always been to inspire in young people a belief in their own potential and a belief that learning can be fun and relevant to their world.”
In Francesca’s teaching career before co-founding Enlighten Education, she combined creativity with technologies expertise. She worked as a Learning Technologies Coordinator and has led curriculum development within various high schools, devised new curriculum for the Higher School Certificate Technology courses in New South Wales, devised a cross-curricular teaching program to integrate social justice into the classroom, and led students to enhance their business IT skills by developing and creating IT-based products and services for the school and business communities.
Francesca has also brought her creativity and her desire to empower students to her role as a costume designer for the annual Rock Eisteddfod. Francesca particularly enjoys sharing her passion and flair for creating and designing in the “Style File” component of our programs. In our “Get It Together” workshops, she specialises in helping young women learn to prioritise, become organised and maximise their potential.
Enlighten Education is proud to be a part of the transformation process in the following schools
- Ballarat Grammar
- Beaconhills College
- Bolwarra Primary School
- Camberwell Girls’ Grammar School
- Catholic Regional College, Caroline Springs
- Catholic Regional College, North Keilor
- Clonard College
- Cornish College
- Dartmoor Primary School
- Donvale Christian College
- Fintona Girls’ School
- Firbank Grammar
- Genazzano FCJ College
- Girton Grammar School
- Good Shepherd College
- Hamilton College
- Haileybury – Keysborough, Berwick & Brighton Campuses
- Henderson College
- Heritage College
- Heywood Consolidated School
- Ivanhoe Grammar School
- Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School
- Kilvington Grammar School
- Loreto College Ballarat
- Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School
- Marian College
- Mater Christi College
- Melbourne Girls College
- Mount Saint Joseph Girls’ College
- Mount Lilydale Mercy College
- Narrawong District Primary School
- Point Cook Senior Secondary College
- Portland South Primary School
- Portland North Primary School
- Sacre Coeur
- Sacred Heart College Geelong
- St Columba’s College, Essendon
- St Joseph’s College Echuca
- St Margaret’s School
- Strathcona Baptist Girls’ Grammar School
- The King David School
- The Knox School
- Tintern Girls Grammar School
- Toorak College, Mount Eliza
- Victory Christian College
- Yarra Valley Grammar School