Mia Christensen

Dr Mia Christensen is a registered teacher, early childhood researcher and professional facilitating and leading innovations and partnerships in the early childhood education and care sector. She has been a teacher for 30 years working in early childhood, primary, secondary, and tertiary contexts in remote, regional, and urban settings in Queensland, the Northern Territory, and Western Australia. Currently she is the Director of Professional Experience at Southern Cross University having recently moved from G8 Education where she was the Education Innovation and Partnerships Manager of the second largest provider of early childhood education and care centres in Australia. Prior to this for fifteen years she worked as an academic at Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Her teaching and research focus has been and continues to explore early childhood education for sustainability, STEAM interdisciplinary capability build, and accessing and elevating young children’s voices and participation.