Our Leaders

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.