Sylvia Lockyer

About Sylvia

Sylvia is an Indigenous woman with Ngarluma-Karriyarra and Yawuru Nyul-Nyul ancestry, raised in the Pilbara and Kimberley indigenous community and completed a BSc in Nursing from Curtin (Graduate Diploma in Indigenous Health). Sylvia commenced her Scholarship in February 2010, undertaking a Diploma in Public Health prior to the Masters of Public Health at University of Otago in Wellington NZ. Her work focused on tobacco control issues in indigenous communities, including those of Australia, British Colombia, and New Zealand. She completed an internship at Prime Minister and Cabinet in 2016 and still works in indigenous health.