Judith migrated from France to Australia in 2010. After spending eight years in Perth practicing as a dispensing optician and the birth of her second child, she moved down to Margaret River.

Her own experience of perinatal (pre-and post-) stress and anxiety made her uncover the difficulties women experience due to parenthood (most of the time long before even becoming a parent) and prompted her to volunteer as a peer supporter in various programs and organisations.

Judith also realised that the personal issues women experience result from much broader narratives that foster mental health issues and impede their well-being. As a result, she has a keen interest in gender and women issues, perinatal mental health, discrimination and prejudice, and representation of diversity in society.

Judith believes that addressing and managing such matters would directly positively impact the mental well-being of community members.

Judith has put aside her career as a dispensing optician and occasional singer and is currently completing her honours in social work.

Judith is committed to taking an active part in her community to improve the well-being of its members. As a migrant, a woman, a woman of colour, a mother, a worker, a student and a community member, she feels like she is in a good position to understand the issues most of us may face at one point or another.