Michelle (she/her) is a social worker of 18 years and has worked in areas such as homelessness, mental health, family and domestic violence, justice, women’s services, carers services, social work research, health, LGBTIQA+ inclusion and HIV spaces. Michelle works as a social worker in a large tertiary hospital in her day job. As a young person Michelle volunteered at the Freedom Centre and this experience shaped her interest in LGBTIQA+ rights and activism. Since then, she has been a volunteer telephone counsellor at Living Proud (known then as Gay and Lesbian Community Services), and a board member of GRAI. Michelle is committed to building meaningful, collaborative partnerships and working to achieve equality for WA LGBTIQA+ folk. Michelle is a proud queer mum of two young children who keep her grounded and inspire her to work to make a difference in this world.
