Associate Professor Karen Sinclair is a Ngarridjeri educator, with lived experiences on place, immersed in stories from a bloodline connection with and nurtured by her Ngarrindjeri Elders, she is the Program Director for the Postgraduate suite of Aboriginal Studies Programs at UniSA. Karen has an extensive teaching background and was formerly a Junior Primary teacher, and later an Early Years Curriculum Officer working in the States Department of Education contributing to the inclusion of Indigenous Perspectives in the National Early Years Curriculum Framework. She teaches several Postgraduate courses including Aboriginal Research Methodologies and Ethics and Rebuilding Aboriginal Nations. She also teaches the undergrdaute course Aboriginal Nation Building and Governance refining the curriculum through her connections with the University of Arizona and the University of Technology Sydney. She also brings in her personal teaching experiences in the course, Aboriginal Education, Culture, Curriculum and Change. Through her teaching, and based on her life experiences as a Ngarrindjeri educator, Karen works to ensure that Aboriginal voices, perspectives, aspirations and governance rights are centred.