Dr Amanda Gutierrez is a Senior Lecturer in Education at Australian Catholic University.  She has developed, coordinated, and learnt from many school-university-system partnership programs including in local and international contexts.  She has also worked across states negotiating partnership structures and systems with various stakeholders to collaboratively develop partnership models.  Dr Gutierrez has won numerous awards for her work and has multiple research grants.  She has also published in high ranking journals and chapters with recognised publishers analysing her partnerships.