[1] Scales is the daughter of Josephine Mick, cultural leader and senior artist at Ninuku Arts, and the late Ushma Scales, leather maker and one of the co-founders of Maruku Arts and the APY Ara Irititja cultural archive.
[4] Scales is part of the Uluru Declaration Reform Youth Leadership Team, having participated in the Referendum Council regional Constitution dialogues in Ross River, Adelaide and the national convention in Uluru in 2017.
[7] In 2022, she was appointed to join the group working with the Australian federal government in preparation of a referendum known as the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, a proposed Australian federal advisory body to represent the views of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
[3] That year, she was named in the BBC's list of the 100 Women, nominated by former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who noted that Scales "created wonderful art and broad human understanding.
By illuminating and inspiring others, she catalyzes the many changes needed to end the pernicious combination of racism and sexism.