Melinda is a Catholic Indigenous woman from the Cubbitch Barta Clan in the Dharawal Nation.
Melinda has been married for 26 years to Alan, has four children and three grandchildren.
She originally has a background in administration in Catholic schools, then went to Australian Catholic University studying Theology as a mature aged student.
She holds a BTheol (Hons), minoring in Philosophy and History. Melinda tutored and lectured at Australian Catholic University for over 7 years in both Systematic Theology and Biblical Studies.
She has an interest in the work of Edith Stein and has given papers at international conferences on Stein.
Melinda is currently the Pastoral Care Coordinator at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Sydney.