Paola Balla

Paola Balla is a Wemba-Wemba and Gunditjmara sovereign woman, and is currently a PhD researcher based at Moondani Balluk Indigenous Academic Unit and proud recipient of the Lisa Bellear Post Graduate Scholarship. Her curation, artwork, writing and research centres around raising awareness of Aboriginal women’s status as matriarchs, artists and healers, and activists and focuses on addressing impacts of trans generational colonial trauma for women and children.

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