Connie Ngarmeiye Nangala was born in 1940 to Mary Jarrngali Nangari and Joe Jumngayarri at Jinparrak (old Wave Hill Station) under a wanyarri (bauhinia) and grew up at the station. She is Gurindji and Mudburra. Her kaku (father’s father) country is Kunawa (Cattle Creek Station homestead area) and her jawiji (mother’s father) country is Yarri. She worked in the kitchen at Jinparrak and then worked at the police station compound at Kalkaringi where she washed and ironed clothes and did cleaning. As a young woman she was married to Clancy Parnkana, Dandy’s brother, and they lived at the Wave Hill Police Station. After marrying Joe Mosquito (aka Kevin Wara) she worked on her traditional country at Cattle Creek Station as a cook and was employed to cook at an important horse sale at Number 25 Bore. Later, she worked at Jamangku (new Wave Hill Station) and Nicholson Station also as a camp cook. She adopted two children and has six grandchildren through her adopted children. Connie is an artist at the Karungkarni Art and Culture Aboriginal Corporation in Kalkaringi and has worked with Felicity Meakins on language projects. She paints bush tucker as well as her Dreamings: ngapa (rain) and wampana (spectacled hare wallaby). Connie has also been involved in Gurindji language and culture documentation over the years.