About me
I am a wadjella (non-Aboriginal person). I was born on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja in Bentley and I grew up in different places around Western Australia. I am the Co-Lead for the Healthy Environments and Lives (HEAL) Network in Western Australia (along with Aunty Mara West). The participatory action research that I help to lead, working with Elders and other community members, policy makers and service providers, has a primary focus on the impacts of climate change on the health and wellbeing of children and young people. This includes the importance of early childhood development and how broader ecological factors like climate change, biodiversity loss, population growth, and peak water will interact to affect children's development now and in the future. I am particularly interested in how to connect this to strengths of Aboriginal people and culture.