I am a proud and passionate Greens member and Northsider, who has lived, worked and raised my family on the lands of the Wurrundjeri people for the last 15 years. 

I believe that the local is where global change can seed, grow and flourish and also that those of us who can-must. I have been a minister with the Uniting Church for over 20 years working in areas of justice, advocacy and social inclusion.

I am deeply committed to working for climate justice, refugees rights and older people experiencing abuse and social isolation. Most recently I was the leader at the Uniting Church in Fairfield - the one with the community garden and rainbow steps! Currently I spend my days working with those living with mental illness and wrestling with the anxiety of insecure housing and loneliness down in St Kilda.

I want to be part of grass roots transformation for our local community and to contribute to the awesome work that has been, and is already being done, to help us all to be part of sustainable and meaningful communities. I believe that loneliness doesn’t just happen and that our current capitalist and hyper individualised system is having profoundly toxic and heartbreaking impacts on us all. 

I am deeply committed to the fight for public housing and spaces for community to gather and I am committed to the ongoing care of our natural world as THE most vital and essential work of justice and grace.