Founder and Managing Director of Home Care Nurses Australia, Busi Faulkner, has a compelling story to tell of hardship and triumph to inspire the next generation of multicultural leaders in Australia.

“Women are shapeshifters, we can really have it all, ” Faulkner tells POPSUGAR Australia. “I always say that I have three versions of myself, the mother, the wife and the CEO.”

After arriving in Australia from Zimbabwe as a registered nurse on a skilled migrant Visa, Busi Faulkner suffered a shock heart attack at just 33 years old. She struggled to accept that she had to rely on the help of support workers, given how young she was. She felt like an outcast, she says.

“At the start, I faced stigma not only from Australians but even from my own culture. It is not the normal way to be a working woman in my culture, the males are meant to be the main source of income. I am constantly fighting,” she says.

“On the chain, it is the white man, the white woman, the black man and then the black woman but I never let this get in my way, I didn’t take it personally and instead, I embraced it. It doesn’t matter what you look like, as long as you believe in yourself.”

After continuous bad experiences with carers coming into her home, she was determined to start her own home care business once she got better.

And that’s how Home Care Nurses Australia was born. Focusing on the outcasts of Australian society — how she once felt — Home Care Nurses Australia now employs over 200 care workers and is Australia’s leading home care provider.

“Overall, I just really want to be a role model for young girls, especially young girls of colour to prove to them that they can do anything. I do this to represent them and empower them to believe in their dreams too.”

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