Community capacity building & stakeholder engagement in environmental management, cultural heritage protection and education as well as Aboriginal joint management have been my professional & personal focus over the past 20 years. I have leadership and management skills, with a focus upon program & project management. I have extensive knowledge and skills in governance for boards and committees. I value and implement the soft skills required to support team members in their vital roles as expects and technicians. I volunteer on Aboriginal community boards and committees. I represent my people in environmental water management especially for natural and cultural purposes. My purpose is to use my professional connections & personal networks to collaborate & enable opportunities for others to empower themselves to flourish.I am a descendent of the Ngiyampaa Wayilwan of NSW and Wakka Wakka peoples of Queensland. I have a passion for enabling Aboriginal people to connect to their country and revive, renew or continue to pass on their cultural knowledge and cultural practices to current and future generations. I am particularly interested in natural and cultural knowledge connected to native plants, animals and their habitat and ecosystem across the landscape.