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Wa young australian of the year drisana levitzke gray
Drisana Levitzke-Gray (b 1993) is a deaf woman from Perth, Western Australia (WA), who advocates for deaf people and culture. She is a natural speaker of Auslan. In 2015, she became Young Australian of the Year.
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- Wa young australian of the year drisana levitzke gray
- Young australian of the year 2015 drisana levitzke gray
- Personal life
- Deaf culture
- Awards
- References
Young australian of the year 2015 drisana levitzke gray
Personal life
Levitzke-Gray was born to a line of deaf women, and is the fifth woman on her line to be deaf or partially deaf: great, great grandmother Eva Johnston, her daughter Dorothy Shaw, Danielle Shaw, Patricia Levitzke-Gray, and herself. Her father is also deaf, and she has a deaf brother.
Deaf culture
Levitzke-Gray was selected in 2011 by Deaf Australia to attend the World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section Leadership Camp in Durban, South Africa, and the World Federation of the Deaf General Assembly.
Levitzke-Gray attended the Frontrunners international deaf youth leadership course in 2012 and 2013.
In January 2014, Levitzke-Gray was the first deaf person in Western Australia and Australia to participate in jury duty.