Dr Sarah Tillott, BN, Master Health Science, PhD ( Education) has taught in the university sector for over 10 years, teaching in both the undergraduate and postgraduate space. She has led the University of Wollongong Resilience task and finish force, and completed studies looking at the impact on mindfulness in first in the family students at UOW. Sarah recently completed her PhD in Education which reviews resilience theory and its application in children. Sarah is the CEO of a resilience organisation and works with the Cronulla Sharks and NRL Dragons within the community, deploying resilience focused programmes. Sarah is currently working in partnership with Griffith University to review the impact on resilience focused programmes in vulnerable areas.