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Tina completed her Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics (Honours) at QUT in 2019 and is an Accredited Practising Dietitian. Tina completed her PhD through CCNR in 2024, Connecting with Cultural Foods. This research used strengths-based principles and co-design methods to explore how people with lived refugee experiences overcome challenges in the Greater Brisbane food environment to maintain food security. The research revealed significant structural barriers to food security and that cultural food security is essential for belonging. Refugee-background communities utilise collective agency to develop cultural foodways to feed communities. These findings suggest cultural food security and food sovereignty are fundamental to community wellbeing. The thesis proposes that optimising identity, mental health, and settlement can empower communities to flourish and achieve food security, cultural food security, and food sovereignty. Tina enjoys working with and learning about different cultures and has a passion for the role that food plays in health, culture, spirituality & identity.