Executive Profiles
Name: Melissa Sequeira
UTS AIA position: President
Degree and year: 3rd year Journalism/Law
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008: To make sure the UTS AIA society and its objectives are known on campus by students, and to have fun with planning and executing campaigns, events and activities!
'Not many know this but…': I love to play electric and acoustic guitar whenever I can in my limited spare time!
Name: Michelle Brooks
UTS AIA Position: Vice-President
Degree and Year: rd year Social Inquiry/International Studies (Spanish)
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008:In 2008 I hope UTS Amnesty develops its attempt to draw together the two key aspects of Amnesty International: learning about international human rights violations, and then acting on this information actively especially through our letter writing campaigns.
'Not many know this but...': I am extremely indecisive- when asked I can never answer what my favourite film, book, song or colours are.
Name: Wayne Chen
UTS AIA Position: Treasurer
Degree and year: 3rd year Medical Science/LLB
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008: Make sure society doesnt go bankrupt (otherwise ill have to pick insolvency as a law elective)
'Not many know this but…': I'm really bad at accounting...
Name: Hira Tariq
UTS AIA position: Secretary
Degree and year: 3rd year Biomedical Science/Law
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008: To give people whose human rights have been violated a voice at UTS and to ensure that voice is heard through the best organized, most fun events.
'Not many know this but…': I love South East Asian food, especially Chinese, Malaysian and Thai!
Name: Marcus Tan
UTS AIA Position: Publicity and Events Coordinator
Degree and Year: 2nd year Public Communication
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008:To increase awareness of human rights violations around the world and in our own country, and to act upon these in any way we are able.
'Not many know this but...': I like to sing, and secretly want to become enormously, ridiculously fat for just one day.
Name: Rachel De Graaf
UTS AIA Position: Publicity and Events Coordinator
Degree and Year: Bachelor of Communications in Social Inquiry, 2nd year
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008: To raise awareness within the student body about cerain human rights issues, especially those which are closer to home than we like to think. Also, to promote our events and enourage all our members to get involved!
'Not many know this but...': I like to draw, and I really want a tattoo but am currently too scared!
Name: Fiona Lam
UTS AIA Position: Web Design Office
Degree and Year: 3rd year Writing and Cultural Studies/Law
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008: To raise UTS students' awareness and involvement in the UTS AIA society and its campaigns for this year. Making sure that UTS students have a chance to have a say in human rights issues in the world.
'Not many know this but...': I always carry around with me my "PDA", which is basically a bulldog-clipped wad of notepaper.
Name: Erica Lai
UTS AIA Position: In The Press Editor
Degree and Year: 3rd year Journalism/Law
Aims for UTS AIA in 2008: To help encourage a greater interest and involvement in campaigns for human rights by facilitating a platform where people can discuss their views and perspectives on human rights issues with others. It would be awesome to see more of us impassioned young people getting active.
'Not many know this but...': I love live music and going to gigs and concerts.