Tanja Hirvonen is a proud Jaru and Bunuba woman who grew up on Kalkadoon Country.   Tanja is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and leader in First Nations social and emotional wellbeing. Her work spans clinical practice, suicide prevention, trauma, grief and loss, and culturally informed systems reform, with a strong commitment to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Tanja has worked across community-controlled organisations, government, and academia, bringing together cultural knowledge, lived experience, and evidence-based practice to strengthen mental health and postvention responses. She is a Board Director of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association and the Black Dog Institute. Her work focuses on relationality, cultural safety, and community-led healing approaches, with expertise in trauma-informed care, bereavement support, workforce development, and decolonising psychology education and practice.