Krista is a Nyoongar woman from South West Wagyl Kaip, has a Bachelor of Laws and a double Masters of International Relations and a Masters of International Law from the University of Western Australia (UWA). Krista is studying an Executive Certificate in Public Policy at Harvard and an MBA at UWA.

Krista has 13 years experience across strategic stakeholder engagement, commercial projects, economic development, advocacy and international relations. Krista is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Director of the Indigenous Arts Foundation.

Krista is also a writer and was shortlisted in the WA Premier’s Book Awards in 2020 for The Daisy Utemorrah Award for Unpublished Indigenous Junior and YA Fiction.