Anita is an Ambassador of the GO Foundation, Worowa Aboriginal College and the Sydney Swans. She was a finalist in the 2012 Human Rights Awards and the 2013 Australian of the Year Awards. Anita is a Board Member of Circa Contemporary Theatre and the National Justice Project. She is a Professor of Communications at the University of QLD, and when she's not teaching she is writing, public speaking, MCing and being a 'creative disruptor'.