Movers, Shakers & Policymakers – Adriano Di Prato, thought leader, edupreneur, author

Grant Quarry

By Grant Quarry
Published July 27, 2022

Beginning his education career as a visual arts teacher, until recently, Adriano Di Prato had enjoyed 22 hugely successful years as deputy principal of Melbourne schools Caroline Chisholm Catholic College and Marcellin College.

At the end of 2019, exhausted, both mentally and physically, having lost his father to illness, and in need of ...

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