Turning adversity into empowerment
Driven by purpose and resilience, Jacinta Matthews channels her lived experience into empowering others through her two ventures: M2T Training and MOC Apparel. Through M2T, she’s developing training pathways and exploring government grants to support women affected by domestic violence in entering or rejoining the workforce. With MOC Apparel, inspired by her Polish heritage, Jacinta promotes strength, empowerment and the power to overcome adversity.
Tell us about your organisation, how long you have been there and your role within it.
M2T Training has been up and running for eight months. I am the training director. I am looking into Government Grants to help support vulnerable women of DV who enter the workforce or upskill, who may not have the ability to do so. MOC Apparel has been around for 12 months. I founded it through the inspiration of my Polish background and adversity.
Can you share your career journey so far and how it brought you to your current role?
Connection and customer service and making an impact. I wanted to do more empowering, meaningful work, so I came up with MOC. The word MOC is a Polish word meaning resilience, overcoming, empowerment and strength, all from my lived experience thus far.
What do you consider to be your key strengths?
Storytelling and keynote speaking through my project, I have spoken to over 3,000 teenagers to date and was nominated for the Australian of the Year Award 2026.
M2T Training/MOC Apparel
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