Dr. Thu Pham is originally from Vietnam and currently lives and works on the land of the Yugarabul, Yuggera, Jagera and Turrbal peoples in Queensland. She is a Senior Research Assistant in the Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University. Her research areas include leadership in higher education and Indigenous students’ success. She completed her doctoral degree in Education at QUT, Australia, in 2016. Her doctoral research study focused on leadership to support quality improvement in Vietnamese higher education. She is currently working on several research projects focusing on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Australia regarding the impact of digital inclusion challenges for low-income Indigenous families living on Mornington Island, a remote region in Queensland, and the social determinants of higher education impact on Indigenous students’ attainment. In 2022, she published a Springer Brief titled: “Higher Degree by Research: Factors for Indigenous student success”.