update

By Julie Okely

I am an Independent woman, with many facets to my person. I am a Published Author, Speaker, Advocate, Manufacturer and Mother. I have had many lessons in my life, and some I listened to early, and others I have had to experience many times over before learning from them. I was born into a bi-cultural family with my Mother being a proud Kamilaroi Indigenous woman, and my Father being of English Heritage. I come from a fractured family where losing my Mother at a young age set the precedence for my ability to grow up fast and strong. It was more of a necessity than luxury. I learnt early that there is resilience in myself that I had to rely upon to see me achieve the visions and goals I mapped out for myself, in my life. My most recent achievement was seeing my book Tales of Tinderella be “optioned” by a successful Production Company, to become an Australian TV Series, where the lead character is an independent Indigenous woman. It is a story I am proud of, with many roller coasters in her story. I am always the eternal optimist and I look for the positives in every day. I always look for the rainbow, which is fitting, since Dilkara means rainbow in Aboriginal language.

View all of Julie Okely's posts.