New South Wales

I am a proud Murrawarri woman committed to improving oral health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. My passion for oral health is grounded in a belief that culturally safe, community‑led care is essential to closing the gap and supporting long‑term wellbeing.

Alongside my studies, I am a member of the Indigenous Dental Association, where I contribute to strengthening representation, supporting Indigenous students, and promoting culturally informed approaches within the dental profession.

I am an Occupational Therapy student at Griffith University, balancing study, placement, and family life as a Mum of three. My experiences, both personally and professionally, have shaped a strong sense of resilience, perspective, and purpose in the way I approach my work.

I have lived across NSW and SEQ, with the opportunity to spend time in remote, rural, and urban communities. Those experiences have given me a unique lens on the world and a deeper understanding of how context, access, and environment shape people’s lives. I’ve also lived overseas completing humanitarian work, which further broadened my perspective and reinforced my commitment to meaningful, people-centred work.

My name is Maya Benvenga and I’m a proud Gubbi Gubbi women. I’m currently in my first year of a Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences and Doctor of Medicine at Monash University, Churchill Campus. My interests in medicine lie in infectious diseases and Indigenous health. During my undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Biomedicine), I have greatly enjoyed engaging in extracurricular activities.  I completed a placement in the microbiology diagnostic laboratory at St Vincent’s, as well as an internship at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, where I worked within an infectious diseases laboratory.

I am a proud Gamilaraay, Wailwan and Wiradjuri young woman.  I am currently in my third year studying a Bachelor of Nursing at the University of Wollongong.    I have always admired the way that nurses provide compassionate care towards other patients.   I have really enjoyed studying nursing as it has inspired me to continue to enhance my critical thinking, medical expertise and emotional intelligence.

I am a proud Wiradjuri women born and bred on Awabakal/Worimi land Newcastle NSW. My journey into health started young starting at 15 when I got my first job with NSW Health, working at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital as a student based trainee in admin. I spent a couple of years there before moving into a mental health traineeship as an Aboriginal Mental Health Professional trainee with Yimamulinbinkaan Aboriginal Mental Health Service, where I’ve been learning and growing ever since.

I am a proud Gomeroi, Dunghutti and Biripi woman from Moree, NSW, studying a Bachelor of Nursing at University of Southern Queensland. I have a strong passion for Aboriginal women’s health and wellbeing, and strive to make a positive contribution to the lives of Aboriginal peoples in rural and remote communities.

My name is Kaleisha Cowan Roberts, I am a proud Yuin and Bundjalung woman, who was fortunate enough to be born on Country in a small town called Nowra. I am a current 5th year medical student with less than 16 months left in my journey into medicine. I spent my whole childhood and teenage years living on Country, I was raised in Community and learnt the core values of my Cultural Identity from a very young age.

My name is Nicholas Tedim. I am a proud Gamilaraay man from Walgett, NSW, studying a Bachelor of Paramedicine at Charles Sturt University. My ambition to pursue paramedical studies previously originates from my time spent working in emergency service as a retained firefighter with Fire & Rescue NSW, I have a deep admiration for community service and the healthcare of First Nations peoples within rural and remote communities in which I intend to work upon graduation.

I am a proud Gulidjan woman who grew up in Griffith, NSW. I am currently attending Western Sydney University studying a Bachelor of Paramedicine. In 2017, at the age of 12 I founded a charity called Bambigi that funds First Nations kids swimming lessons in the Griffith region. Over the past 6 years, I have raised enough money to pay for over 300 First Nations kids swimming lessons.

My people are Galari clan, on Wiradjuri Country. I grew up in Condobolin, NSW, and my father, a white stockman/shearer has a small hobby farm on the Garli Bila (the Lachlan River), my mother is a TAFE teacher of Aboriginal Studies. I have two brothers; I am the middle child and grew up very typically for any other country kid, playing netball, pony club, and cricket. It is through growing up in a small rural town that I witnessed first-hand the unjust realities of what it is like to grow up in the bush.