Carolyn lives on the lands of the Gunditjmara people in southwest Victoria, land that also nurtured her own family's ancestral roots and farmers of five generations. She is a community ally for the first nations people in her area, the Gunditjmara, in awe of their achievements to reclaim and share Indigenous Ecological Knowledge through the UNESCO World Heritage Cultural Landscape Declaration: Budj Bim. Her wide range of professional experience, including community development and nature conservation and her involvement in tertiary education and the arts brings a dimension to Groupwork that is timely.  Carolyn’s ability to dig that little bit deeper into the organisation’s theoretical underpinnings and help us all ‘wonder’ a little more, has been inspiring and eye opening.

A 2008 graduate of the AGF, Carolyn is helping the organisation land its research and academic integrity processes to help others understand the wider context of the model that sets Groupwork apart. Carolyn's ability to dig that little bit deeper into the organisation's theoretical underpinnings and help us all 'wonder' a little more, has been inspiring and eye opening.