Drisana Levitzke-Gray
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Drisana Levitzke-Gray (born 1993Young Australian of the Year.[3]
Personal life
Levitzke-Gray was born from 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.[2] Her father is also deaf, and she has a deaf brother.[2]
Deaf culture
Levitzke-Gray was selected in 2011 by
Durban, South Africa, and the World Federation of the Deaf General Assembly.[2]
Levitzke-Gray attended the Frontrunners[4] 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.[5]
Awards
- Aspects of Tourism Award - Shenton College, WA[2]
- 2013 - Deaf Australia Youth of the Year[1][2]
- 2015 -
External links
References
- ^ a b The Deaf Odyssey of Drisana - Photos, photographs, Drisana Levitzke-Gray, 4 January 2015, accessed 26 January 2016
- ^ a b c d e f "About Me!". The Deaf Odyssey of Drisana. Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
- ^ "Australian of the Year: Rosie Batty awarded top honour for efforts to stop family violence". ABC News. Australia. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
- ^ http://frontrunners.dk/
- ^ WA woman 'first deaf Australian to participate in jury duty', Sylvia Varnham O'Regan, SBS, 24 January 2014, accessed 26 January 2015
- ^ Young Australian of the Year 2015 - Drisana Levitzke-Gray - Deaf advocate, Australian of the Year, accessed 7 February 2022
- ABC News Online, 26 January 2015