Marlee Silva is a 25 year old Gamilaroi and Dunghutti storyteller from Dharawal Country, south of Sydney. She is the best selling author of 'My Tidda, My Sister: Stories of strength and resilience from Australia's first women', an occasional poet and podcast host, who is passionate about raising the voices of women and specifically her Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander brothers and sisters through stories of culture, family, identity and resilience.