Lyn has been teaching Acting Technique and Voice Production for 30 years, throughout her long and varied career as a teacher, director and writer. This has led to her developing the Advanced Diploma of Film, Television and Theatre Acting, listed on the Australian Qualifications Framework in December 1999.

Lyn first trained as an A.M.E.B. Speech and Drama teacher with Dorothy Goldie. She then trained in the Stella Adler Technique under the tutelage of Jone Winchester and Brian Syron. While training in the Technique, Lyn worked as a Voice and Acting teacher for children and young adults, at various schools and community centres throughout Sydney. Lyn holds a Diploma of Training and Assessment Systems, and a Certificate IV in Assessment and Workplace Training.

Lyn was twice the recipient of the prestigious Peter Summerton Foundation Scholarship, studying Acting, Direction, Script Analysis and Voice Production with internationally recognised Master Teachers, Rowena Balos and Yevgeny Lanskoy. In 1991, Lyn spent a year as assistant teacher to Ms Balos at her West Hollywood studio. Out of this working relationship, Lyn and Ms Balos co-authored The Jungle of Sounds: A Journey Through the Magic of Language, published by Antipodean Educational Enterprises.

In 1994, Lyn established The Actors Workshop. She has since built the school up to become a Registered Training Organisation, delivering vocational training for actors.

Lyn has been an international guest teacher to both the Philippines and the Solomon Islands and also works extensively in the Qld community sector. In 2003 Lyn was presented with a shield for Excellence in Education by the Commissioner of Queensland Emergency Services,  in recognition of the contribution she has made to the role play assessment strategies of community training organisations.

Since opening her school, Lyn has consistently invested time, energy and resources in supporting the emerging film makers of Queensland, including TAFE, Tertiary and Independent short films, documentaries and feature films. This has led to a succession of awards won by projects made in association with the school.

In 2004, Lyn was presented with the Kinetone Award at the 18th Annual Warner Roadshow Studios Queensland New Film Makers Award. This prestigious award is given each year to an individual in recognition of their contribution to the Queensland Film and Television industry. In presenting the award, Anna Bligh, the then Minister for Education and the Arts, congratulated Lyn on being the first woman and the first educator to receive the Kinetone.

Also in 2004, Lyn was awarded the Queensland Training Award for Small Training Provider of the Year.  This category is for training organisations with less than 2000 students per year and is open to all colleges in Queensland.  With less than 40 students a year, The Actors Workshop represents a unique innovative industry leader.