Youth Advisory Group

Amy James (she/her) is a young woman with disability who lives in Tennant Creek in the Barkly region of the Northern Territory. Amy is good at lots of things and has a strong passion for the performing arts; particularly singing and acting.

In her community in Tennant Creek, Amy helped set up the Barkly Young Women’s Group, which is a group of young women with disability who met to discuss their experiences and ideas. Amy has also been involved in WWDAs previous work, helping to design and create our website for women and girls with disability, Our Site.

Amy Marks (she/her) is a 24-year-old digital media creative and disability activist. Amy works with a specialised focus on making media and spaces accessible for young people with disability.

She has previously worked for the Youth Disability Advocacy Service (YDAS) and currently works at Children and Young People with Disability Australia (CYDA).

Amy’s passion lies in media creation and production, and she uses her skill set to amplify the voices of disabled people in the media.

Amy is passionate about making sure disability activism is intersectional and representative.

Charlotte Young (she/her) is a student and youth advocate from Victoria, and is currently based in Canberra, Australia on Ngunnawal country.

Coming from a multicultural background with a hearing loss, Charlotte has always been naturally interested and engaged with hearing and advocating for the stories of others, especially with how they navigate intersectional identities. She has worked across different local, national and international organisations and companies to help young people have a place in Australia’s political conversations, promote intersectional policy making and advocate for diverse representation. She is currently studying a double degree of Politics, Philosophy and Economics/Arts at the Australian National University and is serving as the Chair of Diversity at Burgmann College. In her spare time, she enjoys practicing contemporary dance, travelling, cooking, spending time in nature and wandering around art institutions.

Cindy (she/her) is a passionate youth advocate, currently studying psychology and criminology at university. She is passionate about increasing mental health literacy, disability rights and diverse representation.

Through her focus on bringing forth the voices and concerns of young people and exploring how society, culture, identity and spaces affect young people and vice versa. She has done work with organisations such as headspace in increasing mental health literacy in the community, the Youth Disability Advocacy Service in advocating for disability rights and Multicultural Youth Advocacy Network with diverse representation in space of intersectionality.