Born in the Seychelles in 1979, Tessie (now Tess) Palmyre moved to Perth, Australia in 1988 and took up the flute two years later. In 1997 she entered the WA Academy of Performing Arts to study jazz flute, later completing an Associate Diploma in Performing Arts and a Bachelor of Education (Music). An accomplished performer on flute and all saxophones, she taught music in Western Australia and Victoria, directing stage, Latin and saxophone ensembles, and travelled to Cuba in 2006 to study Afro-Cuban music first-hand. Her jazz and Latin-influenced compositions and arrangements have been bought by schools across Australia, including Wesley College, Methodist Ladies’ College, St Leonard’s College and Scotch College. A proud Afro-Creole Australian, she has since moved into branding and communications, founding the inclusion-focused agency Brandable.