[2] Fox was raised in the Box Hill area of Melbourne and was attended schools run by the Congregation of Our Lady of Sion.

The missionary told stories of the struggles of vulnerable sectors in the Philippines and how they rose and protested against the Marcos dictatorship.

[2] She participated in rallies, lobbying against destructive mining practices, as well as visiting police and military camps in locating detained people.

[3] The investigation was initiated after she had joined a fact-finding mission to Mindanao in relation to human rights abuses under martial law.

She said that she departed the country "in shock" after spending many years among the lives and struggles of the urban and rural poor in the Philippines.

[10] She is active in many advocacy groups, including Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans and Pax Christi Australia.