Shelley Ware is a proud Yankunytjatjara and Wirangu woman from Adelaide, South Australia, who currently lives in Melbourne.

For the past decade or so, Shelley has worked in the media as a radio and television presenter on both local and national AFL and AFLW football news shows. During that time, particularly as a panel member of NITV’s Marngrook Footy Show and recently a special guest on the AFL.com webshow The Colour Of Your Jumper. She is a member of the Carlton FC RAP committee and the AFLW All Australian and Rising Star Selection committee. Shelley has become one of the most respected and recognised female presenters of AFL and AFLW football in the country. 

Shelley is a teacher who also works at Parade College as an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Officer.