Lianda oversees YACWA’s Advisory Services and has over 20 years’ experience of designing and delivering innovative consultations, strategic planning, project management and evaluation in the youth and community sector. Lianda’s experience spans working for and with not for profit or and a wide range of Government Departments, as well as managing her own consultancy company focused on the inclusion of children and young people in planning and decision making.
With a background spanning youth work, vocational training, and community development, Poppy brings a hands-on and people-centred approach to everything she does. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Community Development from Murdoch University, a Certificate IV in Youth Work, and a Certificate IV in Training & Assessment, giving her a strong foundation in both working with young people and building the capacity of those who support them. Poppy has also contributed to national work in LGBTQIA+ mental health, co-designing suicide prevention training for LGBTQIA+ communities through LGBTQI+ Health Australia’s MindOUT Advisory Group. She is passionate about peer-led approaches, Youth Advisory Groups, and creating spaces where young people’s voices genuinely shape decisions.
Caitlin is an enthusiastic young person. Currently studying Behavioural Science, Social Justice, and Politics, they are dedicated to applying their knowledge and lived experience to help better the representation, inclusion, and empowerment of young people. They believe it is vital that young people are meaningfully included in the creation, implementation, and review of strategies, policies, and initiatives that impact them. They have experience on multiple councils and reference groups, such as YACWA's COVID-19 Steering Group, the Fremantle Youth Network, and as president of their university's LGBTQIA+ group. In their spare time, they enjoy dance, podcasts, and phone calls with their nan.
Emily is a proud and passionate youth advocate who is driven by a strong desire to contribute to meaningful change in the world. In her commitment to advocacy and activism, she actively engages with a diversity of communities to amplify and empower their voices. She has represented herself across numerous platforms in the youth, mental health and disability sectors, and strives to collaborate with stakeholders and communities to drive positive change. Emily has been involved with Women with Disabilities Australia, People with Disabilities WA, the Y WA, the WA Association for Mental Health and her local youth advisory group. Through her studies in Political Science, she strives to use her lived experience and expertise to empower and uplift marginalised communities through impactful policy and legislative changes
Troy is a young leader who has been a part of more than 22 youth advisory groups, locally, nationally and internationally. Troy has led change in the LGBTIQA+, mental health and youth sectors in WA and Australia through his roles as Chairperson, Community Development Officer and advisor. Notable work has been co-facilitating the European Spring School on Youth Climate Assemblies and the power of deliberative democracy and public participation in the NFP and Government sector as well as, Chairing the peak body of LGBTIQA+ people in WA the Youth Pride Network and being appointed on the Federal Government's Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Youth Advisory Group. Troy has studied community services and mental health, he now studies political science, international relations and German at the University of Western Australia
