Johanna is the Maternal Child Health Program Advisor at Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Cape York, Far North Queensland. She has worked with families for the last 25 years as both a Midwife and Child health Nurse. She has a Grad Dip, Midwifery; Grad Cert Family and Community Health and a Grad Cert Organisational Change and Clinical Leadership. She has a special interest in the value of a family centred model of care in home visiting programs, with the role that strong healthy women play in keeping families healthy within Aboriginal communities.