Vivian is a Senior Lecturer with the Master of Public Health course at the University of Melbourne. She focuses on innovation in public health, specifically, how we might improve the processes of engagement by and for the community. Her PhD fortified her passion for uncovering and advocating children’s voices about their lived experiences and the changes they want to see in their physical environment. Her fond achievements include alcohol advertisement restrictions around schools (USA), recycled art youth fashion show (Philippines) and neighbourhood play streets (UK). Such experiences have developed her expertise to reprioritise the role of children and young people in research. She was an advisory board member of the Victorian Local Governance Association Child-friendly Cities and Communities network.