Foundation Board Member
Sharon Davis
Sharon Davis is a Bardi Kija woman from the Kimberley who lives in Broome with her husband and two young boys. She is currently Team Leader of Aboriginal Education at Catholic Education Western Australia.
Sharon graduated from the University of Notre Dame, with a Bachelor of Education specialising in Aboriginal Studies in 2013. She was awarded the Student of the Year Kullarri Region NAIDOC Award in 2011, and was the first Indigenous recipient of the University's Vice-Chancellor's Medal for outstanding academic results in the School of Education in 2010.
Sharon was a participant in the Aurora Indigenous Scholars International Study Tour in 2012. She was awarded a 2013 Roberta Sykes Scholarship and completed an MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford in 2014. She was Oxford's first Indigenous Australian graduate from a remote community (Broome).
Sharon went on to serve as a mentor on the 2014 Aurora Indigenous Scholars International Study Tour, and worked as the Western Australian State Coordinator for The Aspiration Initiative. Sharon joined the Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation as a Trustee in 2019.
Sharon Davis
Sharon Davis is a Bardi Kija woman from the Kimberley who lives in Broome with her husband and two young boys. She is currently Team Leader of Aboriginal Education at Catholic Education Western Australia.
Sharon graduated from the University of Notre Dame, with a Bachelor of Education specialising in Aboriginal Studies in 2013. She was awarded the Student of the Year Kullarri Region NAIDOC Award in 2011, and was the first Indigenous recipient of the University's Vice-Chancellor's Medal for outstanding academic results in the School of Education in 2010.
Sharon was a participant in the Aurora Indigenous Scholars International Study Tour in 2012. She was awarded a 2013 Roberta Sykes Scholarship and completed an MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford in 2014. She was Oxford's first Indigenous Australian graduate from a remote community (Broome).
Sharon went on to serve as a mentor on the 2014 Aurora Indigenous Scholars International Study Tour, and worked as the Western Australian State Coordinator for The Aspiration Initiative. Sharon joined the Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation as a Trustee in 2019.
