The students celebrated International Women's Day (IWD) 2020 with a special breakfast.

Principal, Ms Ruth Winfield, invited aspiring student leaders to a special breakfast at Five Little Pigs Cafe, Huskisson.

The aspiring young leaders were joined teaching staff, senior executive staff and special guest Susanne Ech.

Ms Winfield has followed Susanne's career since the guest speaker graduated from high school.

Ms Winfield was delighted that Susanne could come to the event to share her journey with the gathering and inspire the school's aspiring leaders to believe in themselves.

Susanne is the Policy Adviser, International Engagement for the Victorian Government in the Premier and Cabinet, Economic and International Development.

Susanne has worked in a variety of industries including economic development, international engagement, social enterprise and education.

She has lived and worked in Queensland, NSW, Victoria as well as in Spain for two years.

She has a degree with first-class honours in Social Science, majoring in Politics and International Relations and speaks three-and-a-half languages.

Susanne views herself as a "jack of all trades but an expert at none".

Susanne also went to the school to address the Student Representative Council and Year 11 Modern History students, giving them a brief background of her career path and attributes that helped her progress to where she is today.

Susanne spoke about the subjects she chose at high school and answered questions from our student body.

Also on Friday, all staff took part in a morning tea and the Contarf Academy hosted an IWD lunch.

The International Women's Day 2020 campaign theme is#EachforEqual - an equal world is an enabled world.