Talia Sarra is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander woman with Birri Gubba and Gooreng Gooreng heritage and connections to the Mauar, Stephen and Murray Islands. 

Talia was the Secondary Student STEM Highly Commended Finalist for the CSIRO Indigenous STEM Awards 2017 and the Young Indigenous Leader Award from QATSIF.  

Talia has a passion for environmental science and the creative arts. Her undergraduate degree is a double degree in Science and Arts, where she majored in Ecology for science. 

Talia is currently working for the CSIRO in the graduate program, where she helps the coastal team with research integrating management strategies between First Nations and scientists and planners.

 Talia is also creative as she loves to sing and write songs while playing instruments like guitar, keyboard and ukulele. For her Arts degree, she did Theatre and Performance and has experience in acting and received a certificate of Voice for ‘Actors, Public Speakers and Presenters’.