Qualifications: BPsychSc, BBus(HRM), BPscyhScH, MPsych(Clin) A proud Jaru, Bunuba and Wakaya woman (Kimberley, Western Australia), born and raised on the lands of the Kalkadoon people – Mount Isa, Queensland. Tanja is a clinical psychologist and mid-career researcher with expertise in mental health, social and emotional wellbeing, suicide prevention and working with persons impacted by trauma, and workplaces who are bringing cultural and clinical knowledges together. She brings a combination of academic research, corporate expertise and clinical experience working with remote, regional communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing to her Board roles at Thirrili, the Australian Indigenous Psychologist Association and the Black Dog Institute. She is an advocate for increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social and emotional wellbeing practitioners in Australia, as well as for upskilling mainstream organisations with an understanding of how to provide culturally appropriate social and emotional wellbeing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and individuals. Tanja is the Director of Wellbeing for ABSTARR Consulting and supported (with a team) the development of and leads an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander EAP service . She has contributed to the development and delivery of culturally appropriate training and interventions for people impacted by systemic racism and trauma for the Aboriginal Medical Service Alliance Northern Territory (AMSANT), and worked with Centre for Remote Health (CRH) as the mental health academic for several years. Tanja is a member of several research projects and is also a member of the Healing the Past, Nurturing the Future research team at the University of Melbourne and supports research for The Centre of Best Practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention (CBPATSISP).