Generations of Mary Ward Women Women in Time
Anna Johnson (Sinn)
Class of 1985, Loreto Toorak Staff 2011-present
After school, Anna studied teaching because of her positive experience at school and her memories of wonderful teachers. Her aunt and godmother, Felicity Jackman (Sinn, Class of 1963), a kindergarten teacher for over 30 years, was also a huge inspiration to teach.
After graduating, Anna taught in Catholic Parish schools in the northern suburbs of Coburg and Fawkner. She loved teaching non-English speaking children from refugee and new arrival families from Lebanon. When her own daughter, Maryrose, walked through the Mandeville Crescent Gates in 2008, Anna felt a warm familiarity of returning home. She was overjoyed in 2011 when the opportunity for another Loreto connection became available, as a Rathfarnham teacher.
Anna enjoys a strong Loreto connection; her paternal grandmother, Wilma Sinn, was a founding pupil at Loreto Toorak. Anna’s father Andrew, and his eight siblings all attended and sometimes boarded at Loreto Toorak. Anna enjoyed attending school with many of her cousins and now she loves seeing fourth generation family members on St. Michael’s Green, along with her Maryrose. A tradition sure to continue.
Loreto girls are women for others and have a strong sense of social justice. Now and always.
