Educator and trade unionist - I am a proud life member of the CFMEU and have spent most of my working life immersed in working class education. Formative experiences included travelling through Central America in 1983, working on a refugee camp in Southeast Asia in the later 1980’s and a short time with the democratic movement in South Africa in 1992 in the lead up to majority rule. These experiences coupled with a solid working history in technical, migrant and trade union education in Australia have consolidated my passion for justice and interest in public policy.