Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Dani is an effective helper, leader and change maker in the community and has applied these abilities in a range of settings - from strategic policy and research work, to leading dynamic support teams and providing group and individual support, interventions and education for social impact. Dani has experience and skills working in youth and community health service environments in Western Australia, with a particular focus on achieving positive mental and psychosocial health and wellbeing outcomes with young people and the LGBTIQ+ community. Dani holds a core passion for promoting the health, mental health and wellbeing of their communities.
Rainbow Futures WA is the peak LGBTIQA+ Advocacy body that is a consortium of WA-based LGBTIQA+ community organisations and individuals concerned with the long-term well-being of the community. It has grown out of a series of community gatherings, bringing together members of LGBTIQA+ groups and individuals around WA.
I am the Perth based Research Assistant for this project that is researching how to support trans and gender diverse young people in schools across three countries; Australia, Canada and USA. In this role I recruit Perth based participants, conduct interviews and summarise the themes of the interviews for the researchers; Wayne Martino and Wendy Cumming-Potvin.
The Ministerial Council for Suicide Prevention members provide governance and advisory expertise to the WA Minister for Mental Health and the WA Mental Health Commission for the implementation of the WA Suicide Prevention Strategy.
In this role Dani is responsible for the coordination, administration, and implementation of the ‘Developing an online game to reduce depression in trans and gender diverse young people’ research project, currently referred to as TRANSPARX. It aims to collaboratively adapt an existing, evidence-based, online intervention (SPARX-R) for use with trans youth to prevent the onset of depression in this high-risk group.