Victoria is currently undertaking a Master of Public Health at the University of Adelaide but also has a bachelor of Business Marketing from Cameron University in Oklahoma. She works part-time in project management for various organisations including Catherine House and SA Woman. As a consumer advocate, she splits her time between several organisations including Cancer Voices SA and Consumers Health Forum Australia. She is a mum to two primary aged children.
Her 12-year-old daughter was successfully treated for cancer when she was two while living in Texas, where they used a new treatment in radiation called Proton Therapy Radiation. As a result of surviving that cancer she still faces health challenges and will continue to face these challenges into the future. She has experience as a consumer advocate within the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and had used her lived experience to help improve the health system and advocate for patient centred care. She also has lived experience of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) through self-management of her daughters NDIS funds. Her strengths are primarily in pediatrics, oncology and private health insurance.