Dr Murray has more than 30 years’ experience in the Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) sector in both national and international contexts. She is interested in transformative and emancipatory practice in education and society. She has advocated for a comprehensive Diversity, Equality and Social Justice approach in ECEC policy, training and practice, introducing the Anti-bias approach to the Irish ECEC sector.

She is a board member of Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre and is a steering committee member of the international Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education (RECE) network. Colette currently lectures on the Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) ECEC degree programme.

She has developed and delivered EDI training nationally and has written and published primarily on social justice, diversity, equality and Traveller issues.

Dr Murray was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in the Center for Indian Education, in Arizona State University.