Natasha is a driven engagement practitioner committed to advancing self-determination, ensuring Indigenous perspectives are central to decision-making processes and local communities lead their own development.
With over a decade of experience across 11 countries, Natasha has worked in multi-disciplinary and cross-cultural teams across diverse sectors, always striving to centre local voices in the design, delivery and evaluation of projects and programs. In Australia, she has volunteered for the Gunawirra organisation, was an Aurora Foundation Intern, and contributed to the Nyamba Buru Yawuru’s Kimberley Indigenous Turtle and Dugong Initiative (2022-2032).

Natasha was also the Community Engagement and Communications Officer at the Barkly Regional Deal – a collaborative governance and collective impact initiative – where she worked to enhance Aboriginal leadership and drive policy and systems change, working directly with the three tiers of government, remote homelands and communities, Aboriginal land councils and local leaders, industry representatives, and trauma-informed care specialists. Natasha now holds the position of Senior Policy Officer at Gayaa Dhuwi, where she continues to advocate for Indigenous leadership and community-driven change.

Natasha holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Rights and International Relations and a Master’s degree in Sustainable Development. She is pursuing a Master of Evaluation (commencing 2025), focusing on co-design and participatory approaches as tools of empowerment and enablers for local decision-making, and a Diploma in Counselling (expected completion 2025), focusing on trauma-informed care. Her commitment to supporting the facilitation of community-controlled development remains at the heart of her work, and she is proud to contribute to the promotion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership across the Australian mental health landscape and advocate for the wellbeing of these communities.