University educated and experienced, I hold a Ba(h), MA (distinction) and worked my way to the end of a PhD in social anthropology. (Ultimately leaving to open this school. It was time.) During this phase I trained under world-class scholars, presented original research at international conferences, and worked in a co-design lead position on examining engagement in digital education focused programming. (The first of its kind at that university, might I add.)

I was known as an ethics whiz kid, renowned for my ability to work cross discipline. I fused social, economic, and psychological theories to create layered understandings of emotional, cultural, and financial related conditions underlying whatever 'theme' we were examining. I worked on over 15 research teams on projects ranging from healthcare funding distribution to social enterprise to economic policy.  My personal research focus tended to flow around economic distribution, social reproduction with a focus on the household, policy (governance) and community development. I was (and still am) fascinated by the nuts and bolts of how things work. In my opinion, when we see those base factors and understand them with clarity, we can improve how things work.

An excellent communicator, I was accepted into an accelerated teaching program at the age of 21 while still a BA student. This marked the beginning of ten years of university level teaching. This included TA work, independent course design, and by the age of 26, teaching full university courses. This continued until I retired in 2016 to open IndiCrow Academy. The formal teaching training and classroom hours experience show in my ability to create the streamlined, self-guided study programming that you find here. I got the skills to do this at a university level (and was a sought after up and coming young lecturer there). This makes what you find at the Academy distinct from what many other spiritual teachers are able to offer.