Professor Elizabeth Warren, is an internationally renowned mathematics education researcher and has been in this field since 1991. Elizabeth has many years teaching experience at the secondary level and lecturing part time at various Queensland Universities. Presently, Elizabeth is a fulltime researcher at Australian Catholic University where her interests are in promoting Indigenous student learning and the algebraic domain. Elizabeth has co-authored over 100 publications in the last 15 years. Currently, Elizabeth is heavily involved with research promoting Indigenous students mathematical learning. She is Chief Investigator of RoleM (Representations, Oral Language and Engagement in Mathematics). Dr. Jodie Miller is a lecturer in mathmatics education at Australian Catholic University. She worked as a research associate on the RoleM project. Jodie has recently completed her PhD thesis that explored how young Indigenous students generalised growing patterns. Her research areas include, early years mathematics, early algebra, numeracy in disadvantaged contexts and Indigenous education.