Meet the Youth Live4Life Youth Advisory Committee
Youth Advisory Committee
Alannah is a dedicated advocate for mental health in regional and rural areas. With a background in Health Promotion, she has built experience as a Youth Engagement Worker and has contributed her expertise across multiple Youth Advisory Committees. She brings a strong commitment to elevating young voices and improving wellbeing outcomes within her community.
Alannah Sander
Crew Champion Mina is a former Macedon Ranges Crew member and one of Crew4Life’s foundation members. He is passionate about queer-related issues and representation, and advocating for better mental health – especially from the perspective of someone with lived experience. He’s passionate about creative ideas and has played a key role in crafting impactful video presentations for Live4Life. Mina focuses on reducing stigma and suicide rates while helping under-resourced communities improve mental health education.
Jewel is a passionate advocate for young people, empowering the next generation through her roles as a past Crew member, MC speaker, and current Crew4Life member with Live4Life. She also serves on the board of Gippsland Youth Spaces and is pursuing a Bachelor in Nursing with a focus on mental health education. By day, she’s a student; by night, a dance teacher inspiring creativity and confidence. Jewel spreads positivity with her infectious enthusiasm, proud to call Regional Victoria home and support initiatives that make a lasting impact.
Jewel Burchell-Robins
Drawing from her own experience with mental ill health, Laura is a passionate advocate for empowering and educating other young people when it comes to the struggles of navigating mental health, especially in a rural and regional setting. With over 6 years of volunteering and work with suicide prevention charity, Youth Live4Life, Laura is now a proud member of their alumni group, Crew4Life. Laura also co-hosts Growing Up Clueless, a podcast inspiring young people to speak up, challenge taboos, and create the open dialogue she once missed.
Laura Crozier
Mina Beverley
He / Him
Zinny Hunt went through his schooling journey experiencing over a dozen settings, throughout this facing many challenges and disadvantaged situations. Going straight from highschool into the social-impact/non-profit sector he brings his deep understanding of the struggles of the youth of today and personal experiences to the works he does now. Primarily working towards systemic change as Student Voice Lead for Education Equity Alliance, he is also a passionate change-maker across multiple other positions utilising his lived experience for advocacy, advisory, and public speaking.
Zinny Hunt
He / They
Parker is a proud transgender person from North West Tasmania (Tommeginne Country, Lutruwita). They are passionate about creating safe, supportive spaces where young people can talk openly about mental health, as well as explore and embrace their identity. Drawing on his lived experience, Parker delivers training, co-designs programs, and contributes to youth advisory and reference groups. Through this work, they help amplify diverse voices and promote inclusion, wellbeing, and access across mental health services and LGBTIQA+ spaces.
Parker Tuckett
Zac is an award-winning advocate with a culturally and linguistically diverse background, who champions for young mental health consumers and carers. By volunteering in different capacities with a variety of organisations, he has developed a broad range of knowledge and skills through his participation in a diverse portfolio of projects conducted by authorities at all three levels of governments in Australia, universities and non-governmental organisations.
Zac Chu
Youth Advisory Committee
The purpose of the Youth Advisory Committee is to represent and embed the voices of young people within Live4Life, ensuring their perspectives, experiences, and ideas are integral to decision-
making processes in a formalised manner. Serving on the YAC empowers young individuals by fostering confidence in professional settings, enhancing their leadership and participation skills, and promoting a culture of inclusivity and diversity.
Youth Advisory Committee members play a key role in ensuring that the Live4Life organisation remains youth-centred by actively contributing to the development and improvement of Youth Live4Life initiatives, providing feedback, and advocating for young people. Through mentorship opportunities and engagement with organisational leadership, YAC members develop valuable
professional and leadership skills while building a supportive network of youth allies in addition to their fellow members in Crew4Life.
Furthermore, Youth Advisory Committee members raise awareness of youth issues, promote dialogue with the board, and contribute to creating programs and practices that reflect the lived experiences of young people. Positions on the YAC are designed to empower young leaders to drive meaningful change within Live4Life and the broader community.
