Alanna is a proud Anēwan woman with ties to the Armidale community. She holds a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and extensive experience in establishing and strategically advising First Nations justice initiatives at the local, state/territory and national level with a particular focus on supporting First Nations communities to improve gender justice and criminal justice outcomes. She adopts a healing and trauma-informed lens to improving justice and is a passionate advocate for community-designed and led solutions. Alanna lives and works on unceded Gubbi Gubbi land.