[2] She has worked as an artist, film maker, actor, teacher, oral historian and recorder of cultural heritage, Ngangkari and as a senior law woman in her community.
[4][5] McKenzie is an artist skilled in painting, batik, wood and glass sculpture, and tjanpi (native grass) weaving.
[5][1] Together with her husband, she set up EVTV in the 1980s, the first indigenous media organisation in Australia, and made films on many subjects.
[1][6] They also worked for PY Media on the Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Community Services (BRACS) program.
[5] McKenzie was born near the Blackstone Ranges in Western Australia and has spent much of her life living in Pukatja (Ernabella) community.