Cal Volks is a donor-assisted-reproductive-relationships researcher, policy commentator, educator and donor-conception linking counsellor in Melbourne Australia.  Cal's PhD is on (online; clinic & known) Australian egg and sperm donors' early contact relationship with recipients and donor conceived children. Cal worked previously as the Director of the HIV/AIDS & Inclusivity Unit at the University of Cape Town (HAICU) conducting research; teaching students and developing & evaluating sexual and reproductive health interventions. Cal  currently works as a research fellow  at Monash University with Prof. Andrea Whittaker (CI);  Dr. Karin Hammarberg and Amy Webb on an ARC grant on oocyte mobilities in Southern African as well as an ARC grant on uterus transplants. Cal has delivered/ is engaged with a range of education interventions for University students, lecturers & educators in South Africa; with recipient parents of donor conception in Australia and with fertility clinicians in Australia; South Africa; Vietnam and Japan, ensuring her research has a real world impact.