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Kerrie founded The Groundswell Project in 2010 and has been working on initiating our projects and partnerships. With interests in health promotion, capacity building, social media, creativity and innovation Kerrie is passionate about the role that the arts can play in facilitating social and cultural change about death and dying.

Kerrie has worked in community development, as a social researcher, clinical psychologist in palliative care, health and community settings. In 2001 she co-wrote a booklet for caregivers who are supporting children bereaved by suicide. This text is still in use today and has been adapted for inclusion in other publications in both Australia and overseas.

Kerrie is a fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs and a PhD Candidate at the University of Western Sydney. You can watch Kerrie present at TEDxSydney and read her articles 10 Facts about death everyone should know and Talking about Death with Children: Lessons from Sesame Street.