Professional background includes: child development and care; human service; dispute and conflict resolution; and education and training. High level written and oral communication skills. Author. A knack for inspiring innovations in practice, professional writing including action research papers, poetry and prose. I place high priority on collaborative leadership, practice mentoring and skills coaching for practitioners. I aim to advance practice through being agile and innovative, aiming to support people in achieving their very best. An experienced educator, facilitator, writer and presenter I have presented at many national conferences and forums and an international conference. More recently: FRSA Conferences 2009 – 2022, National Mediation Conference 2009; Child Aware Conferences 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. Children Our Most Precious Resource: 3rd National Conference on Protecting Australia’s Children, Perth, June 2015; Resolution Institute Inaugural Conference Brisbane and Hobart 2015. Family Relationship Services Australia (FRSA) Peer Reviewed Papers 2016 and 2017. Prose published: "Honouring the Rights of Children, Australia and NZ Journal of Family Therapy, Special Family Law Edition, March 2019