I am a Senior Research Officer specialising in research into abuse and violence at The University of Melbourne as well as a PhD student of La Trobe University (final year) undertaking an ethnographic and autoethnographic study of women's participation in sport and their mental health and emotional wellbeing. I have a BA(Hons) in English from the UK, Postgraduate diplomas in Law and Legal Practice and was a solicitor qualified in England and Wales, practising law prior to becoming a Researcher in Health and Sport.