Faith Abio

Faith Abio is a member of the group from Darwin, Northern Territory. Faith is a former Australian Mental Health Leaders Fellow, has been a member of the SA Mental Health Commission's Youth Advisory Group (YAG), and has been involved in lived experience working groups and national community consultation programmes with Inno@Well Lived Experience Advisory. She is an inspiring young leader in her community who provides input and feedback from young people in the community to help embed the voice of youth into the Commission's work. She is a highly dedicated and reliable personal care worker, support worker, and mental health advocate with a strong record of elderly, middle-aged, and young healthcare experience and strong attention to detail. She is currently a full-time external student at Charles Darwin University, studying for a bachelor’s in nursing. And a member of the FAIR project Youth Advisory Group. Faith motivations include learning new things and the challenge of meeting key objectives.

Faith has been awarded:
2019: Mental Health Australian Leadership Fellowship Certificate with the National Mental Health Commission.
2018: Simi Finalist Multicultural Youth SA Spirit of Resilience Award Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards.
2017: Finalist in the Multicultural Youth SA Spirit of Resilience Award, Channel 9 Young Achiever Awards