Lenka Vanderboom grew up in the Kimberley on her Yawuru  homelands. She is engaged as a Teaching Artist and Coordinator of Melbourne Theatre Company’s First Peoples Young Artist’s Program and is an ensemble member of Melbourne Playback Theatre Company. Lenka is a Director of Magabala Books Indigenous publishing house. Based in Melbourne, Lenka has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria since 2016 in the Engagement and Impact Division specialising in First Nations’ content and facilitating awe filled experiences for unruly groups of diverse humans.