Dr Matilda Harry is a proud Wiradjuri early career academic whose PhD was a national study amplifying the voices of Indigenous young people and their mentors, with a focus on Indigenous success and mentorship. From this work, she developed the Indigenous Cultural Wealth Mentoring Model and has published widely in high-impact journals. She has presented nationally and internationally and received multiple awards for research impact, including the AARE Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Student Researcher Award, presented by Distinguished Professor Marcia Langton.

She is currently a postdoctoral researcher on an Australian Research Council–funded project examining Indigenous leadership in higher education. Her work focuses on governance ecologies, autonomy, and self-determination, with the aim of building a holistic model for embedding Indigenous leadership within university structures.