Julia spent five years at the University of Edinburgh as a lecturer and public engagement officer in mathematics before moving to Melbourne in 2016 to take up a job at the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI) on the CHOOSEMATHS project. She moved to Perth and joined ECU in September 2019. Julia is also the author of two general-interest books on mathematics: Get Smart: Maths (2018) and Numbers in Minutes (2019) and is the founder of Maths Craft Australia.