Youth Advisory Council

Youth Advisory Council

Orygen's Youth Advisory Council performs an important function. The Council consists of 16 young people aged between 18 and 25 from across Australia. Their purpose is to advise Orygen on how best to implement its strategic plan.

Council members also represent the ideas and voices of young people by engaging in, expanding and supporting the services and functions of Orygen.

Their perspectives and insights keep young people at the heart of Orygen's work and help staff to learn how to better work for and with young people.

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Adriel Appathurai (he/him)

Driven by his experience as a refugee from Sri Lanka, Adriel is a passionate advocate for youth empowerment and social justice.

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Akif Kazi (he/him)

Akif is from Western Sydney on Dharug land and loves all things health, but especially the topics that are most stigmatised.

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Ali Haidari (he/him)

Ali is a driven young professional with over three years of diverse experience across the public and not-for-profit sectors. His work spans social welfare, local government, state government, refugee and asylum seeker advocacy, and, most passionately, youth mental health.

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Brianna Knight (she/her)

Brianna is a proud Iningai woman. She is 21 years old, living, working and studying on Wulgurukaba and Bindal land in Townsville, North Queensland.

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Caitlin Blanch (she/her)

Passionate about youth voice, inclusivity, and disability rights, Caitlin is a 19-year-old student and advocate living between Ngunnawal and Ngambri Country (Canberra) for her studies at the Australian National University, and Tamworth, on the lands of the Gomeroi People.

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Hannah Muchamore (she/her)

Hannah is a recent high school graduate, born and raised on Yamatji land on Western Australia's coast. She is currently taking a gap year, pursuing coaching, tutoring and teaching swimming for young people.

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Jacinta Pati (she/her)

Jacinta is a proud Samoan-Australian woman who currently resides on the traditional lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, in Naarm. She is currently studying a Bachelor of Youth Work at Victoria University, whilst also working as a Multicultural Pasifika Youth Worker with the Centre for Multicultural Youth.

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Jemima Crawley (she/her)

Jemima is a 23-year-old from the Southern Highlands in New South Wales. She is passionate about the outdoors and loves an adventure, having spent several years working in the outdoor education sector.

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Jessica Stone (she/they)

Jess Stone is a 19-year-old youth advocate based in Brisbane, drawing on her lived experience of mental ill-health. Her advocacy is deeply informed by her journey as a CSAM survivor, a queer woman, and an autistic person.

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Jessy Renouf (she/her)

Jessy is a 23-year-old proud Gubbi Gubbi and Finnish woman living in North Brisbane, Queensland. She currently works full-time at the Queensland Family and Child Commission (QFCC) as a Support Officer within the Child Safe Organisations team.

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