Born in Ireland, Michelle has called Australia home for more than 30 years and has always been especially interested in Aboriginal Australia. Michelle undertook tertiary studies and is a qualified Teacher's Assistant; she has followed her passion and has been working in the Indigenous Education Sector since 2018, currently being employed at Redfern Jarjum College, a special assistance school for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.Growing up in Ireland amid a history of dispossession has made Michelle sympathetic to the Indigenous story. A story of land and culture ripped away, leaving behind a history of pain.Michelle's passions lie in Indigenous education; both the education of our Indigenous children and the education of non-Indigenous children in Aboriginal culture and history.
