She is also the Undergraduate and the First Year Experience Coordinator for students of the School's flagship program, the Bachelor of International Hotel and Tourism Management.

Dr Breakey has more than a decade of industry experience, having worked in hotels and resorts throughout Australia and in the travel industry in the UK. Immediately prior to joining the School Dr Breakey was a project officer with Tourism Queensland, working on Destination Management Plans for each region of Queensland. Her research interests are in sustainable visitor usage of the world's existing, developing, and potential tourism destinations and she recently completed her PhD in tourism destination development.