Josepha (Josie) Dietrich is an English immigrant living in Brisbane on Barrambin land, in a home she and her partner built using Passive House principles. After years as a carer and full-time mother, she worked as a university research assistant on projects improving psychiatric discharge planning and women’s wellness post-cancer. Previously, she spent over a decade in Victoria’s After Hours Child Protection Unit, assessing child safety alongside the Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Unit of Victoria Police. To stay grounded during that time, she escaped overseas for months to climb cliffs and sleep on beaches or in abandoned huts.
Josie now works at The University of Queensland in intelligence and engagement, promoting research and opportunities in international development. She also freelances as an editor.
