Makayla-May Brinckley

My name is Makayla and I am a proud Wiradjuri woman. I grew up on Wiradjuri country in Forbes and Cootamundra, NSW, and currently live on Ngunnawal country while at university studying psychology. I learnt of my Aboriginality when I was in late primary school; much of my poetry reflects this internal trauma of having my culture stripped from my family, and my process of re-learning culture. My Aboriginality shapes how I interact with country and community.