Ms Erica Spry ‘Roobaanjarn’ is a local Traditional Owner of the Bardi Jawi native title lands and a prominent leader in the Kimberley region. She has extensive expertise in community and cultural brokerage, demonstrating active engagement roles with grass root communities from townships to very remote Aboriginal communities for over 30 years. She has led projects in various areas of land management, legal aid, and health research, which have resulted in substantial positive outcomes for Kimberley Aboriginal people. A particular focus has been on addressing health disparities. Erica is a Senior Aboriginal Research Officer with Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services (KAMS) and a Research Fellow with the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA), University of Western Australia (UWA). She currently works on several collaborative research projects in wellbeing informed care and diabetes, including co-leading the Be Healthy project and ORCHID Study.