MEET OUR YOUTH COLLECTIVE

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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (she/her) is passionate about equality and fairness. Fun fact, Chloe has been dancing for 8 years now.

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 (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 (she/her) is passionate about challenging sexism. Fun fact, Emily plays ukulele, guitar, trombone and french horn!

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 (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, (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 (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 (she/her) is passionate about the mental health and wellbeing of young people. And when is comes to fun, she just loves singing.

Konan (he/him) wants to empower young people and find solutions to climate change. Fun fact, Konan brushes his teeth before & after breakfast.

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 (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 (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 (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 (he/him) is passionate about tackling bullying, and loves connecting and working with people.

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 (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 (she/her) is passionate about challenging the lack of representation of youth in government. Fun fact, Maxine plays field hockey!

Mehela (she/her) is passionate about book censorship. Mehela says she can never decide what to read so she ends up reading three books at once!

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 (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 (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!

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 (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 (she/her) is passionate about student advocacy surrounding media and technology. She has been learning Japanese for 5 years!

Taihan (he/him) is passionate about equitable education for young people and loves both playing and watching soccer!

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(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 (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!