Walbanja Woman, from Yuin Nation with Dharawal Nation Kinship ties. Vice Chancellor Indigenous Research Fellow University of Wollongong. Honorary Adjunct Fellow - RMITKeynote speaker, Sculptor, Creative Arts Practitioner and Story Sharer.

Jodi has been in the field of Cultural Education for the past 30 years and 28 years within Aboriginal  Education, Training and Research. She has been involved in many Aboriginal research projects of which she has gained hands on and working Cultural Knowledges such as fish netting, canoe making and possum skin cloaking.  Some of which are on display in the Museum of Australia, Sydney.

Jodi has been involved with Aboriginal research  along the East Coast, and Aboriginal Fishing practices in the Illawarra and South Coast which she has completed a chapter in her PhD Weaving the past into the future. The continuity of cultural practices in the Yuin and Dharawal Nations. Her new research Unbroken Whispers - The ripples connecting Sea-Kin is documenting the symbiotic relationships between Aboriginal people and Sea-Kin. Connecting the Cultural Important Areas for Sea - Kin to re-awaken cultural practices and knowledge sharing in SE Australia. The research is connecting Science, Song, Dance and Language with Land, Sea and Sky and Women’s Cultural and environmental practices. Jodi has a Masters in Language Education and a Graduate Diploma in Natural Cultural Resource Management which fuelled her passion to share Cultural knowledges and practices especially Aboriginal languages for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.