Victoria is a registered nurse, midwife, university lecturer, and TAFE teacher of Nursing and Aged Care. She is also a National Assessor for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC). She has held many voluntary, community engagement, and advisory positions within her local health district and is currently a member of The Daffodil Centre Consumer Involvement in Research Panel. Currently, Victoria is a consumer representative/research affiliate on five cancer-related research projects.
In 2020, Victoria was diagnosed with Stage 3C high-grade serous ovarian cancer. She had chemotherapy before, and after, major debulking surgery. Victoria is an active ovarian cancer advocate and has the voluntary role of the Northern NSW Regional Coordinator, facilitator & presenter for the ANZGOG Survivors Teaching Students program.
Victoria has a particular interest in improving the disadvantage of regional & remote patients and their access to clinical trials and treatment options. She would like to contribute to the development of better resources to address the fear of cancer recurrence and more research on post-treatment symptoms such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN).