Advocating for all people, regardless of backgrounds, identities, or intersectionalities.
Emily Unity
Lived Experience Consultant
Specialty Areas
Advocacy, Arts, Music, Literature, Community Service and Engagement, Cultural Diversity, Design and Architecture, Disability Rights/Issues, Education, Equity and Equality in STEMM, Feminist Policy and Politics, Women’s Affairs, Gender, Health and Medical, Housing, Human Services, Immigration and Citizenship, Indigenous Affairs, International Development and Issues, LGBTIQ Rights/Issues, Media and Communications, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Motivational Speaking, Public Service, Government, Public Policy, Relationships, Science, Technology and Innovation, Social Justice and Human Rights, Voluntary Work, Women in STEMM, Women’s Health and Reproductive Rights, Women’s Safety, Youth
About Me
Emily Unity is a mental health professional and software engineer. They are also a queer, culturally diverse, and neurodiverse young person.
They have a diverse professional portfolio, including working with headspace, Orygen, Beyond Blue, and others.
Emily has lived experience of mental health, LGBTIQA+, disability, refugee/migrant background, homelessness, suicide and self-harm, and being a carer.
They were recently the 2021 Mental Health Advocate of the Year, Youth of the Year, and Young Non-Binary Person of the Year.
Emily endeavours to use their professional and lived experience to help design a future for all people, regardless of background, identity, or neurodiversity.
Qualifications
Postgraduate in PsychologyBachelor's Degree in Software Engineering
Professional Certificate in Counselling
Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work
