Carmen Schroder is a Research Fellow at ISCRR with expertise in vicarious trauma and the delivery of complex, sensitive research and evaluation projects. Since 2010, she has worked across government, academic, not-for-profit and community sectors to evaluate and strengthen services, systems and policy. Carmen brings a thoughtful and practical lens to the challenges of conducting emotionally demanding work, and is a strong advocate for embedding lived experience and trauma-aware practices across research, service delivery and organisational systems. Motivated by social justice, she is committed to developing proactive, practical, capacity-building solutions that support workforce wellbeing and create safer working environments.