Kate is a Gooreng Gooreng (Bundaberg) and Yuggerah (Ipswich) woman from Bundaberg, Queensland.  

Kate completed a Bachelor of Social Work (Honours) at the University of Queensland (UQ) in 2017. In early 2018, Kate commenced working at a community-controlled organisation in the foster and kinship care space where she had the opportunity to work with non-Indigenous and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander foster and kinship carers, who were caring for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in out-of-home care. Kate is currently a Board Director for the Australian Association for Adolescent Health.

Kate currently works at the University of Queensland as co-course coordinator and tutor for the course “Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples” for Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work undergraduate and postgraduate students alongside completing her PhD studies.  

Project Title 

Exploring Cultural Connection and Identity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children in Out-of-Home care  

Supervision 

Professor Karen Healy 

Dr Jemma Venables