Ms Edith Drajkopyl 

Edith is a bereaved parent, an educator, and researcher. Edith’s son DJ was stillborn at 22 weeks on Christmas Day 2022, and since then Edith has been blessed with her rainbow baby Cecilia Daisy. Edith is passionate about honouring DJ through perinatal research initiatives that tie in her new found passion for advocating for bereaved parents together with her own experiences as a researcher. She is also passionate about educating researchers about the best ways for respectfully collaborating with bereaved parents with perinatal loss experiences.