I completed my M.Ed at Flinders University, then subsequently undertook my Ph.D at the University of Wollongong, Australia. I have spent the last seventeen years of my career in the field of education, research and people development having undertaken positions as a(n) teacher, lecturer, researcher, teacher trainer, educational program developer and coordinator and data analyst. I have been invited to a number of seminars as a keynote speaker and actively contribute articles to my organisation’s blog and local newspapers. I have given presentations/lectures to a variety of stakeholders ranging from fellow academics, teachers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, community representatives and civil servants.