Extras

I work at Victoria University as a research and administrative officer in the Centre for Cultural Diversity and Wellbeing.

My current research explores information communication technology (ICT), health promotion and refugee and migrant communities.

I completed a PhD in Creative Writing (young adult novel + exegesis) at Deakin University. More recently I’ve been exploring creative non-fiction for writing stories about people and place, and my short fiction has been concerned with the intersection between fantasy, reality and the absurd.

Sometimes I speak at panels, seminars and other events:

• Working Through It, Emerging Writers Festival 2011
• Meanjin @ Melbourne Writers Festival 2010
• eHealth Hypothetical, Diversity in Health 2010

And here’s some other cool but slightly nerdy stuff I do:

• Volunteer work at Sudanese Australian Integrated Learning (SAIL) programme
• Bike riding and fun runs