Ambassadors

We’re lucky to have passionate Ambassadors involved to get behind National Youth Week.

Check out who’s involved in supporting NYW 2012:

Ambassadors

Billy Russell - Channel [V] Presenter

Intelligent and witty, Billy Russell has quickly proven himself to be one of Australia’s emerging talents. His foray into television is the stuff of legends.

Hugh Evans

Hugh Evans is an Australian humanitarian and an internationally renowned development advocate. Hugh is the Co-Founder and presently the CEO of the Global Poverty Project.

Hugh was 14 when his innate spirit of a social entrepreneur was shocked into life.

Jack Delosa

Jack Delosa is a Gen Y entrepreneur and investor and was recently described by Sunrise as “The Young Aussie Millionaire That Didn’t Finish Uni.”

Still in his twenties his career has spanned business, media and politics.

Jessica Watson

Jessica Watson suffered from dyslexia as a child. When Jessica was 11 and her family were still living on their boat, her mother Julie read Jess Martin’s book Lionheart.

Justice Crew hip hop dance crew

Justice Crew hip hop dance crew and music act include Emmanuel Rodriguez, Lukas Wildrok, Samson Cosray Smith, Solo Tohi, Len John Ruela Pearce, John Len Ruela Pearce and Paul Eric Merciadez.

NOVA National Nights Show host Smallzy’s

NOVA National Nights Show host Smallzy’s Surgery 7-10pm Weeknights

NOVA FM’s Kent “Smallzy” Small is an accomplished radio and media personality with over eight years experience in the Australian entertainment industry.

Maydina Penrith

Maydina Penrith, 23, is the National Indigenous Football Coordinator for Football Federation Australia - the national governing body of football (soccer) in Australia.

Rick Newnham

Rick Newnham is the co-founder of the Left Right Think-Tank, Australia’s first independent and non-partisan think-tank of young minds.

Sally Fitzgibbons

Sally represented NSW and Australia on 14 occasions in a number of different sports, including Athletics (winning Gold at the Youth Olympics 800m and 1500m), Touch Football, Soccer, Surfing and Cross Country running.

Serge Negus

Serge Negus is an amalgamation of many worlds, born on the subtropical northern NSW coastline before moving to Sydney at 16 to finish school.

Photo of Tara Winkler

Tara Winkler is the Founder of the Cambodian Children’s Trust (CCT), a Cambodian NGO based in Battambang, Cambodia.

Yaara Bou Melhem

Yaara Bou Melhem is a multi-award winning reporter and video journalist.

Yaara’s first short documentary saw her awarded the Young Australian Television Journalist of the Year in 2009.