Bronte studied nutrition and food science and then completed her Masters in environmental conservation and restoration at Melbourne university. She has worked as a research assistant and teaching associate within the school of Public Health and at Deakin University, critiquing the role of traditional methods of food charity, and exploring the experience of food insecurity for people seeking asylum, and those accessing food aid across Victoria.

The plains of the Waring (Goulburn river) are her heartbeat, and she is captivated by the little plants that call the ground layer home. She loves the diversity and seasonal change that occurs within this layer, and working with these plants to increase ecological diversity and resilience.

When not at the Arb, Bronte manages Avenel Fair Food and Wildflowers, where her passions for grassland ecology and food security