Treesa Heath is a Kamilaroi woman and sessional academic at the University of Newcastle with a background in teaching, researching, and consulting with schools and research centres in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education and research. She works between her Aboriginal community affiliations and the education sector to provide insights into the educational experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities. Treesa has taught in Aboriginal education, Aboriginal studies, sociology and psychology of education, literacy, preparatory higher education enabling, and education foundations. She is currently completing her PhD into how Australia's current Indigenous education research may benefit Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities.