Melissa Sheldon is a Wamba Wamba woman living on Yorta Yorta country. She has lived with melanoma for over a decade, fortunate to ride the wave of new treatments including targeted cell therapy and immunotherapy. She has been in palliative care and learnt to walk and talk again, witnessing the disparities in health equity.
A consumer representative for many projects and a leader in the cancer sector for close to 15 years she is passionate about driving equity, lived experienced leadership and transformational change.
