I am a Physiotherapist and worked primarily in spinal cord injury rehabilitation. I completed a Master of Public Health in 2018 where I gained an interest in the social and environmental determinants that shape people's experience living with spinal cord injury and other health conditions leading to disability. In 2022 I submitted a doctoral thesis investigating the content, impact and creation of spinal cord injury in Australian news media. Crossing two disciplines, Physiotherapy, and Politics, Media and Philosophy, and brining together a consumer advisory group of people with spinal cord injury, my doctorate experience helped me recognise the importance of including the voice of lived experience, the beauty of looking at issues through an alternate lens, and the value of inter-disciplinary collaboration in research. I'm keen to build on these elements in my post-doctoral career.