She gained a Cert IV in Audiometric Assessment and moved from reception at Newcastle's Awabakal Primary Health Care Service, to being frontline hearing health worker.
Markeeta is passionate about her job, training other Aboriginal health workers, and recently winning a string of educational awards.
A proud Dunghutti woman, she was born on Kempsey's Burnt Bridge mission, but spent most of her early life on the road, living in caravan parks.
Hosted by Jill Emberson, Mornings presenter on 1233 ABC Newcastle, Meet the Mob is a weekly profile of Aboriginal people in the Hunter region of New South Wales.
You can listen to each Meet the Mob interview by clicking on the audio player or you can download each interview as an mp3 by right clicking on the blue heading under the audio.
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