Diane Wanasawage
STATS:
Diane, 30
My communities include… ( dance troupes, family, cultural background. local community group,etc)
1) my family
2) Thai-Australian community
3) PYT
3) CCDNSW – i volunteer here
4) St Patrick’s College 1996 – my high school friends
My passions in life are
photography, arts (visual), human rights, diversity, literature, food, eating out, hip-hop,
I can… ( list skills)
photograph, document, create and manage websites, teach, write, draw ( a liddle bit)
In the future I want to (learn how…be better at….be a….)
1) be a published writer
2) learn high-tech web design stuff
3) be paid to work in CCD!
I admire…….(family,friends, icons) for….
1) my mum – for being the most selfless person, and always trying to do the right thing
2) my dad- for having big ideas and going for them.
I am inspired by….(eg. people-artists/musicians/dancers/friends, tv shows, family history, books, movies)
1) Arundhati Roy – her activism, her beautiful writing
2) Candy B (yeah I do) – her activism, what she has done for pushing diversity in Australia, her persistence in the face of adversity
3) Lauryn Hill- her activism, her poetry, her voice and singing,
4) Jeffrey Eugenides- for writing one of my favourite books, Middlesex
