WHY WE'RE DIFFERENT
Not a Youth Advisory Council, not Youth Consultants.
The Youth Collective are a cohort of everyday young Australians interested in creating a better, more inclusive world. They are collaborators who, through our Launchpad Studio, bring unique lived experience to the work we do.
Through a non-hierarchical structure, our partners meet and work with members of the Collective in every aspect of the journey. From pitching and planning out work, to co-creating content, or evaluating and writing final reports. The Collective are involved in projects from end-to-end, and are part of the “doing”, not just the “advising”.
OUR COLLECTIVE VOICE
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Meet our Collective Members
A snapshot of our brilliant Youth Collective members from across Australia, aged 12-21 years old.
Adi
Adi (He/Him) is passionate about football, artificial intelligence, and business. Fun Fact, he is an AI transformation partner who has advised over 12 national organisations.
Ayush
Ayush (he/him) is passionate about navigating online safety. Ayush also says he is a tech nerd with too many hobbies and not enough time!
Ayush
Ayush (He/Him) is passionate about making local community safer and more comfortable for young people. Fun fact: I'm running my school's first engineering/robotics team!
Bailey
Bailey (he/him), is passionate about building a better world for young people. As a proud founder of Fit 4 Change Collective, Bailey is committed to driving meaningful change and improving access to youth mental health support services.
Bentley
Bentley (he/him) is a passionate advocate for improving social media and exploring robotics, and mechanics. Fun fact: During Covid, when he was 10, Bentley started coding - and hasn’t stopped since.
Chloe
Chloe (she/her) is passionate about equality and fairness. Fun fact, Chloe has been dancing for 8 years now.
Darcey
Darcey (she/they) is passionate about challenging bullying. Darcey also plays hockey and loves acting. Fun fact, she also I can make their eyeballs quiver!
Dhishana
Dhishana (she/her) is passionate about promoting LGBTQ+ and gender equality. A fun fact about her is that she loves to bake and make her own clothes.
Emily
Emily (she/her) is passionate about challenging sexism. Fun fact, Emily plays ukulele, guitar, trombone and french horn!
Hansika
Hansika (she/her) is passionate about improving education and breaking stigma around mental health and self harm. Fun fact, Hansika enjoys running and drawing!
Eshan
Eshan (he/him) is passionate about helping people become more aware online. A fun fact about is Eshan is that he loves playing different sports especially Basketball!
Hannah
Hannah, (she/her) is passionate about music and theatre. She identifies as a proud Audhd person (Autism and ADHD diagnosed). Fun fact - Hannah has a Jack Russell dog who she’s pretty sure is a cat, and she loves the Triceratops dinosaur
Jovia
Jovia (she/her), immigrated from Dubai to Melbourne, and is originally from Kerala, India. She has a strong passion for reading, badminton, and music. A fun fact: Jovia can speak 4 languages, English, Malayalam, Hindi and Arabic.
Kanishka
Kanishka (she/her) is passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of young people. And when is comes to fun, she just loves singing.
Kenzo
Kenzo (he/him) is very passionate about coding and volleyball creating some games with his friends. Fun fact, he has been coding since grade 3 and over time has learnt 5 different coding languages!
Konan
Konan (he/him) wants to empower young people and find solutions to climate change. Fun fact, Konan brushes his teeth before & after breakfast.
Kris
Kris (he/him), as the of founder of Keen Perspective, is passionate about science communication, social equity, emerging technology, and the power of youth voice. Fun fact: He’s built robots that sort medication and pitched wind-powered innovations to engineering panel.
Lamisa
Lamisa (she/her) is passionate about bringing awareness to disability and racial discrimination within our wider society. Lamisa enjoys baking deserts (usually as a way of procrastinating!).
Liam
Liam (he/him) is passionate about combating social isolation and promoting safe environments where youth can form lasting friendships and ultimately contribute to a connected community. He enjoys music, car culture, food and exploring the outdoors. A fun fact is that he's grown a collection of over 20 caps.
Lucy
Lucy (she/her) is passionate about helping fight against mental health challenges as well as improving education and providing more opportunities for disadvantaged people. And, she is also a fantastic cheerleader.
Mannon
Mannon (he/him) is passionate about tackling bullying, and loves connecting and working with people.
Mackenzie
Mackenzie (kenzie) (she/her), is passionate about youth empowerment in health equity, gender equity and education. In her free time, she enjoys listening to RnB music, hanging out with friends and loves playing volleyball. Fun fact: she's been on live radio talking about women representation in philosophy!
Max
Max (she/they) is passionate about the arts, youth participation in public policy, and making education accessible. A fun fact: she is a theatre major and loves musicals!
Maxine
Maxine (she/her) is passionate about challenging the lack of representation of youth in government. Fun fact, Maxine plays field hockey!
Mehela
Mehela Ram (she/her) is passionate about amplifying youth voices in politics and challenging gender stereotypes. A fun fact about Mehela is that she is a certified cinephile who has watched over 500 films (and counting!).
Noa
Noa (she/her) is passionate about human rights (especially gender equity and immigration). Noa loves the cereal milk wayyyy more than the actual cereal.
Olivia
Olivia (she/her) cares deeply about disability advocacy, education reform, LGBTQIA+ equality, and religious tolerance and harmony. Above all, Olivia LOVES to read and write, and also bakes, debates, does archery and karate, and plays D&D.
Patrick
Patrick (he/him) is the co-founder of One Law For All NSW, fighting for education without discrimination for LGBTQ+ youth. He is passionate about Indigenous, LGBTQ+ youth and women's rights, and mental health. Fun fact: He became Youth Leader of the House in the 2025 NSW Youth Parliament!
Raghu
Hello! My name is Raghu, he/him, and I'm passionate about giving young people the space and opportunity to speak up about what matters to them. I love reading, listening to the same few songs on repeat, and trying new cafés around me. A fun fact about me: I'm adventurous (and strongly opinionated!) about food, and I always have good recommendations :)
Rehan
Rehan (he/him) is concerned and wants to address how the cost of living crisis affects the youth. He loves playing soccer with his friends
Rispah
Rispah (she/her) is passionate about student advocacy surrounding media and technology. She has been learning Japanese for 5 years!
Taihan
Taihan (he/him) is passionate about equitable education for young people and loves both playing and watching soccer!
Theo
Theo (she/her) is passionate about youth prevention work, and has memorised the 50 states of America and the 13 territories/provinces of Canada for fun!
Vedrana
Vedrana(she/her) is passionate about social justice and engaging youth in mental health education. Vedrana also loves to play the guitar and enjoys reading!
Wen
Wen (she/her) is passionate about youth leadership and collaboration, and ensuring everyone has the chance to be heard. Fun fact, Wen loves going to the beach with her friends!