Mayi Kuwayu Ambassador John Paul Janke is Wuthathi from Cape York Peninsula and Meriam from Murray (Mer) Island in the Torres Strait.
Watch the video below to hear JP talk about the importance of culture.
The Mayi Kuwayu ambassadors promote the value of the Mayi Kuwayu Study to the broader community to encourage participation. This could be through attending events or sharing the stories about the Study via social media. Meet our ambassadors.
Tom Calma
Tom Calma is an Aboriginal elder from the Kungarakan tribal group and a member of the Iwaidja tribal group. Professor Calma is the Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
Jessica Lovett-Murray
Jessica Lovett-Murray is a proud Gunditjmara and Yorta Yorta woman. Jessica is an ambassador of This Girl Can, an initiative of the Victorian government that encourages women to embrace physical wellbeing.
Carmen Parter
Carmen Parter is a proud descendent of the Darumbal and Juru clans of the Birra Gubba Nation with South Sea Islander heritage – Tanna Island of Vanuatu. Dr Parter started her career as a Registered Nurse, a Registered Midwife and a Woman’s Health Nurse Practitioner that eventually led to working in policy areas of government.
Nathan Schrieber
Nathan Schrieber belongs to the Gurugulu Clan of the Gunggandji people of Yarrabah. Nathan is a Gunggay language teacher at Yarrabah State School in Far North Queensland, who has a strong sense of culture and uses song, dance and language to inspire his students to take pride in who they are.
Elsie Seriat
Elsie Seriat is a Torres Strait Islander woman. She works for the Indigenous Marathon Foundation as their Front Runners Manager.
Mark Wenitong
Mark Wenitong is from both Kabi Kabi tribal group of South Queensland and South Sea Islander heritage. Dr Wenitong is the Director of Research Knowledge Translation at the Lowitja Institute and an Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology.
Naomi Wenitong
Naomi Wenitong is a proud Kubi Kubi woman. Naomi is a singer-songwriter, music producer, television host and youth mentor.
Jeffrey Morgan
Jeffrey Morgan is a Kamilaroi man. Jeffrey is a mental health and wellbeing consultant, leadership coach and the creator of the online fitness enterprise The Lifestyle Program.
Anita Heiss
Dr Anita Heiss is a proud member of the Wiradjuri national. She is one of Australia's most prolific authors, with genres spanning non-fiction, historical fiction, commercial fiction and children's novels.
Rob Williams
Rob Williams is a a descendant of the Ngambri Ngunnawal peoples. Rob's professional and academic experiences include Indigenous cultural heritage management, native title, archaeological field methods, as well as extensive research in Vanuatu.