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Youth Digital Cultures Project Coordinator – Information & Cutural 2008 - Continuing
EMPLOYMENT
Exchange (ICE)
Empowering young people from Western Sydney via digital arts and multimedia
Freelance Workshop Facilitor – All things Creative! Current
Running youth leadership workshops with culturally & linguistically diverse
communities.
Event Coordinator/ vox pop artist – Vietlish Entertainment Current
Coordinating community events and Vietlish TV! – a online based channel to
connect with Vietnamese community worldwide.
Producer – Rumble Pictures Current
Handling clients, quotes and job delegation for the film crew.
Market Research Interviewer – 2005 - 2006
Field interviewer for Roy Morgan Research Company
Tutor – English, Mathematics & General Ability for years 3-7 in the south west 2005 - 2007
regions of Sydney.
Program Coordinator for the 2007 Inter national Youth and M edia Summit – 2007
CINEWEST, O lympic Par k
In charge of international and national delegates in the production of 7 short films in the
areas of Health, Women Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Racism, Environment,
Violence and Environment.
Koori Stories – in partnership with Penrith City Council and Spyns Inc in 2010
delivering digital and traditional arts based workshops to young Koori kids in the
GRANTS/ Penrith area.
PROJECTS Fairfield City Council Community Cultural Grant - $4000 for “Vietnamese
Storycubes” – a trainer facilitator on narrative storytelling intergenerational 2009
project with the elders of the Vietnanese Community.
Ninjas of Dawn – A performative flash mobbing social experiment to test the
themes of “racism”, “indifference” , “alienation” and “The Other”.
Sydney Community Foundation – “Vietnamese Stories” Digital storytelling
program for young people in Vietnamese Community.
Pop Series: Making shorts that Speak Out! – design and coordination of an 2008
Advanced filmmaking course for young people from culturally diverse
backgrounds living in Western Sydney. 6 films were collaboratively made.
Artstart NSW Youth and Skills Training Grant - $55,000, Year long base
funding for youth arts based training in digital media
Mai Am Tan Binh – Artist/ digital media trainer in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 2007
facilitating movie making and zine workshops with street children. The
outcomes including award winning short film “Happy Dent”.
Fairfield City Council Community Cultural Grant – Feature Film “Maximum 2007
Choppage: Round 2” Community Film Program.
OTHERS
Training: Acting for Film and Television with Craig Anderson
Training: Fight Choreography
Mentors: Antony Szeto (Hong Kong based director of Jackie Chan produced
“Wushu”), Khoa Do (Vietnamese-Australian director “Motherfish”), Serena Hunt
(producer “Swift and Shift Couriers” and “Fat Pizza”), Craig Anderson (writer/
director Australian TV series “Double the Fist”), Mike Leeder (Author of '100%
Jackie Chan: The Essential Companion'), Paula Abood (Community and Cultural
Development)
Achievements:
2010 Supporting actress role of Logie winning Children’s Series “My Place”
directed by Shaun Seet and produced by Penny Chapman
2009 Fairfield City Council Medallion Award
2009 Recipient of the Fairfield City Council Donation Scheme
2009 Rotary Youth Leadership Award
2008 Winner of Shortcuts Film Festival with “Happy Dent” – Best Film Award &
Achievement in Directing.
2007 Y Flicks Film Forum, Winner of Best Film for “The Elevator”
2007 Young Women of the West Nominee
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