Suede joined the Regional Studies Association in May 2016. She holds a Bachelor of Languages and Bachelor of Laws (Hons I). She has worked as a solicitor in private practice in Australia and England, specialising in Immigration Law. Her job role is to assist with the development of the Centres Programme and the Territorial Networks. Suede enjoys dancing, reading and practising Buddhism. Somehow she manages to fit them in around her two adorable but demanding young children and adorable but demanding musician husband.