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ANGELICA OJINNAKA-PSILLAKISAngelica is an internationally recognised inequality thought leader, social researcher, educator, and creative. She has over a decade of experience in rights-based and strategic advocacy, policy, management, community development, education and speaking.
You can find her agitating on key areas including youth affairs and participation, human rights, social and structural inequalities experienced by historically underserved groups, global health, intersectionality, local systems change, and anti-discrimination on national and global forums.
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Angelica is a researcher, manager, advisor, and tertiary educator. She also has notable strategic appoints and awards including:
2025 - Present
UNSW Gender Hub Advisory Committee, UNSW Gender Hub
UNESCO Young Professional Editorial Group, UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education
2025
2024 - Present
Working Group Member, Future Health Countdown 2030 - https://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/media-policy/research-impact/future-healthy-countdown
Advisory Committee Member, Sydney Women’s Fund - https://sydcf.org.au/sydney-womens-fund/
2024 - Present
2021 - Present
Chairperson, African Australian Youth Suicide Prevention Committee and African Women Australia Inc.
Oceania Representative, World Federation of United Nations Associations (WFUNA) Youth Advisory Council
2023 - 2026
Australian Youth Representative to the United Nations, UN Youth Australia and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2022
2023 - Present
Board Director, Yung Prodigy
Advisor, Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Driving Global Investment in Adolescent Health - https://adolescentsourfuture.com/
2021 - 2024
NSW Premier's Youth Medal, NSW Multicultural Community Medals
2021
2020 - 2021
Youth Activist, Plan International Australia
Experienced keynote, emcee, panellist, and advisor having engaged with organisations. Some include
“We invited Angelica to speak on a panel around the importance of Deconstructing Leadership, particularly for young, intersectional women and gender-diverse people. She spoke incredibly about her lived experience and expertise, and shared invaluable insights around her own challenges that have come in regards to leadership. Myself, as well as all of the participants, gained so much from interacting with Angelica and appreciate her honesty. We cannot recommend Angelica highly enough and stating that she is an incredible leader, speaker and advocate is an understatement.”
~ Raise Our Voice Australia
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