Tess Moodie (they/them) is a proud queer, non-binary, First Nations person with multiple forms of disability, who lives in the far north west of Tasmania.
Tess is a victim-survivor of multiple forms of family and sexual violence across their lifespan. After a previous career as a sexual assault/trauma counsellor, they developed a passion about working with others to transform knowledge and lived experience into systemic change. Tess currently works as an independent consultant and a researcher at the University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Health. They are also a Victim-Survivor Expert Advisor for Victoria’s peak family violence organisation, Safe & Equal and is a co-founding director of the National organisation the Independent Collective of Survivors (ICOS).
Tess is also a member of multiple advisory groups in Tasmania and nationally, including the First Nations National Family Safety Plan Steering Committee and the NDIS First Nations Steering Group.
