Leona McGrath

At the age of 35, Leona McGrath sat her teenage children down and said she was going to university to pursue her dream of midwifery. They told her she was mad.

Fast forward to 2015, and Leona has had a distinguished career as a midwife working with Aboriginal women at the Malabar Community Midwifery Practice.

She now works for NSW Health helping to increase the Aboriginal nursing and midwifery workforce.

Leona sat down with Ellen Leabeater to talk about her experience as a Malabar midwife, and what strategies are being used to boost the Aboriginal health workforce.

Image: Kevin Cheung