Miriam is a Lecturer and also a Cultural Mentor in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health to Medical and Nursing Students. Miriam’s dad is a Wonnarua Aboriginal man from the New South Wales area and her mother is of both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families from Lockhart River and Yarrabah areas, and from the Western Islands in the Torres Straits called YAM Island (IAMA or in Kulkalgau, Ya).