Cherise competed a Bachelor of Science (Psychology) at RMIT University and a Bachelor of Behavioural Science (Psychology) Honours degree at Charles Darwin University.
Cherise is currently employed at Top End Mental Health Services (TEMHS) (Northern Territory Government: Department of Health and Community Services) as an Indigenous Clinical Trainee/Conditional Psychologist.
Prior to this, Cherise was employed at Danila Dilba Health Service as a youth worker/ counsellor for 16 months. Cherise says her time at Danila Dilba (in particular the Youth and the Emotional, Social Wellbeing units) provided her with a range of relevant knowledge and understanding of issues relating to Indigenous mental health, which are essential to her as an Indigenous person and worker.
Cherise’s areas of interest are alcohol and other drugs, Indigenous mental health and psychological testing and assessments. She is very interested in seeing how a concern for and an understanding of contemporary psychological dysfunction issues in Indigenous communities can translate into effective policy strategies.