"I'm neurodivergent and dyslexic and passionate about the stories I share. I have to show myself grace when I watch my own presentations. Sometimes I see myself publicly feeling deeply and struggling to read my own words. But it's really not about me; it's about the stories I am sharing. I know how important the process of my understanding and perspective is. I inhabit every word intentionally in order to recognise it technically, intellectually and emotionally. I read people in this way too, because my responsibilities in comprehension are not just my own, they transcend generations.

No matter how strong global resistance is, the survival of our humanity depends on US ALL to end separation, individualism, and any leadership model built to dominate women, children, and our environments; any system designed to separate us, exploit us, and extract resources from our natural world without repercussions. It is time to lead by example and through actions that are Country-centered, heartfelt, compassionate, and humble, emphasising the life-giving importance of our global and biodiverse ecologies, the safety of women and children worldwide, multiculturalism, and the right to life of all human and other-than-human beings on Earth. This is our future." Jac

Invited Speaker.  “We have forgotten that we ARE ALL Country and that Country IS Pedagogy. Only through our return to BEING Country's example, can we AGAIN remember how vulnerability and humility can overcome human and ego-centric separatism.” Aboriginal Political History Seminar Series 2026, University of New South Wales. 31st March, 2026.

Invited Speaker. "Ceremonies of Kinship: Celebrating Kimberley Genealogies and Family Histories". Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Environmental Histories and Futures (CIEHF) Seminar Series 2025. 3 Jul 2025.

Speaker. "Disrupting 'business as usual' governance for out-of-home-care", co-presented with Professor Melissa Castan (Faculty of Law), Emeritus Professor Susan McKemmish, Dr Rebecca Lyons and Jade Purtell Philp from the Monash University Department of Human Centred Computing and Lara Gerrand from Kids First Australia. Event: International World Care Day online event. 20th February 2025.

Speaker. “The Voices of Aboriginal Families: Writing for Self-Love, Justice & Reconciliation”, presenting at the Indigenous Nineteenth Century Conference hosted by the University of Kent, UK. 4-5th June 2024.

Speaker. “The Voices of Aboriginal Families: Writing for Self-Love, Justice & Reconciliation”, presenting at the Home Truths: The Australian Historical Association Annual Conference 2024. Flinders University, Adelaide. 1-4 July 2024. 

Invited to be interviewed on film for new educational resource called AM Research Methods: Ethnic and Indigenous Studies. Topic: Ethical engaging with historical textual records that relate to Indigenous peoples. Primary sources reimaged. UK. 30th April 2024. 

Invited panelist speaker with Professor Tristan Kennedy & Jess Walters. “My journey and advice to emerging leaders”. Presented at a Monash University Ancora 2024 Alumni seminar event. 5th March 2024. 

Invited speaker. “The Story of Mabel Ita Eatts”. NAIDOC Indigenous Research Showcase. Presented at Monash University, hosted by the Office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous). 6th July 2023. 

Invited speaker. “The Story of Mabel Ita Eatts”. Presented to undergraduate students enrolled in the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University. 10th August 2021, 11th August 2022 & 13th September 2023. 

Invited keynote panellist speaker. “A Jaru / Yawuru family walks into an archive repository. Why did they? What happened? and why should we care?” presented at the Activist Energies: The Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association Biennial Conference, hosted by the University of Melbourne. 28th -30th November 2022. 

Invited speaker. “A Jaru / Yawuru family walks into an archive repository. Why did they? What happened? and why should we care?” presented at the Pulau dan Perahu, Islands and Boats: Encounters and Mobilities within Maritime Southeast Asia and Indigenous Australia Symposium, hosted by BRIN & Global Encounters Laureate team at Monash University, Jakarta, Indonesia, 19th October 2022. 

Invited speaker. “The Story of Mabel Ita Eatts”. Presented to undergraduate students enrolled in the School of Social Work, Monash University. 10th September 2022 & 13th September 2022. 

Invited speaker. “The Story of Mabel Ita Eatts”. Reconciliation Week Post Graduate Research Showcase hosted by the Office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), Monash University. 1st June 2022. 

Invited speaker. “Married to a British Subject” presented at the Second Rethinking and Researching 20th Century Aboriginal Exemption Symposium, hosted by Latrobe University, 28th -29th October 2021

Speaker. “Married to a British Subject” presented at the Monash University Postgraduate student Conference, hosted by the Arts Faculty of Monash University, 11th November 2021

Speaker with Lena Turnbull. “Indigenous Care leavers: A National Scoping Study”, Australian Association of Social Workers National Symposium 2020, 6th November 2020

Speaker with Philp Mendes and Lena Turnbull. “A national study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people transitioning from out-of-home care”, SNAICC National Conference, Adelaide, 3rd – 5th September 2019

Speaker. “Great Grandmothers letters and PhD topic: Letters of Hope”, Ancestors Words Symposium 2019, hosted by Deakin University, 27th-28th March 2019.