Bio

Jacinta Dietrich is a neurodivergent and bisexual writer, editor and podcaster based in Melbourne, Australia. 

She is an autistic ADHDer with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a family history of suicidality, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Jacinta uses her lived experience and family history to advocate for better understanding of neurodivergence and mental health in a variety of communities and industries. 

Jacinta is the founder, producer and co-host of Differently Brained, an own voices podcast where each fortnight they interview a neurodivergent guest or a guest who has experienced mental health challenges to encourage people to share their story and champion the different ways we all exist in the world. Differently Brained has been featured on Apple Podcasts as an 'emerging podcast to watch' and regularly chart in the Australian Health & Fitness and Mental Health categories. 

Jacinta is also a previous recipient of a Writers Victoria Writeability Storming the City Train the Trainers placement for 2023, a program developed to support disabled people to amplify their voice in the community. 

Jacinta is also a published author. In 2021, she published a novella, This Is Us Now, with Grattan Street Press. In 2022, she was published in the Black Inc. Growing Up in Country Australia anthology and the Grattan Street Press Intermissions anthology. 

Her current work in progress, The Ringmaster, focuses on writing quality and empowering ND representation for younger readers. An earlier version of this manuscript was awarded a Katharine Susannah Prichard fellowship, undertaken in early 2023.