Catherine Attard is Professor in Primary Mathematics Education and Deputy Director of the Centre for Educational Research at Western Sydney University. She is a multiple award-winning educator who has transformed teaching and learning in primary mathematics at Western Sydney University for over 15 years. Her philosophy, while straightforward, is transformative: Catherine combines great dedication for teaching engaging mathematics with her own experiences as a primary classroom teacher to motivate and inspire pre-service and qualified teachers. Catherine's research is focused on student engagement with mathematics and issues surrounding the pedagogical practices that influence students' engagement. Catherine also researches contemporary teaching practices through the use of digital technologies, and the practices of middle leaders in Australian schools. Catherine has won several teaching awards, including a 2016 Australian Awards for University Teaching (AAUT) Teaching Excellence Award, an Office of Learning and Teaching citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and the Western Sydney University Vice-Chancellor's Excellence in Teaching Award. She regularly presents workshops and keynotes nationally and internationally and is the current President of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), a past president and Life Member of the Mathematical Association of New South Wales (MANSW) (2014-2015), and past editor of the professional journal, Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom. Catherine is also the author of the leading mathematics education blog, engagingmaths.com, as well as the author of several popular mathematics teacher resource books.