My position as an EYDN board member allows me to connect and advocate with other young people with disability. I am passionate about young people with disability building a community - where we can share and listen to our lived experiences in order to create change.

Outside of EYDN - l am currently studying a Bachelors degree in Disability and Community Inclusion at Flinders University and working as a Disability Inclusion Training facilitator. I like to do art (pottery and printmaking), read, go for walks, and play video and board games. 

I graduated from UniSa in 2021 with a degree in English and Literature. I was part of the EYDN Student Mentoring Program team in 2022 as a High School Peer Mentor. In my spare time I love to watch AFL and AFLW as a North Melbourne member.

I also love reading, writing, shopping and hanging with family and friends. As the secretary and board member, my wish is to give back to the disability community and improvements for the present and future generations.

I became involved with EYDN  in 2021 as a Board Member. I have held positions as  the secretary, treasurer and chairperson in 2022, 2023 and 2024-2025.

I have a strong commitment to social justice, neuro affirming practices, equitable access to built environments, institutions on the wider world that creates real change for young people with disability in South Australia

My work with EYDN connects closely with their broader interests in my studies in law and psychology particularly in how research and law reform create a holistic understanding of disability advocacy.I bring experience in commercial law, equal opportunity legal fields, public speaking, advocacy-related social media content creation into EYDN and apply insights from EYDN to research work.

I live with physical disability and neurodivergence which creates opportunities and challenges in all aspects of life. This informs my perspective on equitable community inclusion, neurodivergence and its impacts, individualised support needs within the NDIS, access to built environment and forming simple, effective and actionable solutions to challenges.  My intersectional law/psychology training shapes my approach to advocacy and community work. I also identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, so I am particularly interested in the intersection of disability and LGBTQ+ interests

Outside of my professional and advocacy work, I’m passionate about physical fitness, cooking, playing with my two-year old Labradoodle Ollie and seeing drag shows at Mary’s Poppin whenever possible. I am an avid reader and enjoy online shopping (for better or worse). I’m currently working on rebuilding my physical and mental capacity, relationships and creating the mechanisms that help me live as fully as possible.

I see stabilising and working within my capacity as a key part of advocacy, which involves working in slow, measured ways, no matter how much I might want change sooner. Listening to multiple perspectives, summarising complex discussions into key points and having a sense of humour is foundational to successful advocacy.

Ruby Nankivell (She/her)

Board Member

EYDN is a strong amazing board. I love that EYDN is about young people with disability and that our work honours and acknowledges people with disability.

I want to be a role model, helping people with disability see what they can do. I want to  help people with disability have the same opportunities as everyone else.

I celebrate and honour people with disability. I love what I do, and I love to live my life

Alek Luczak (He/Him)     

 Treasurer 

Alek Luczak has been a member of the EYDN board since September 2023. He finds his role a great opportunity to apply his interests in disability, inclusion and justice. Alek is undertaking a Bachelor of Laws and Legal Practice (honours) and a Bachelor of International Relations and Political Science.

He is a member of the Taskforce of the YMCA Youth Parliament of South Australia. In his spare time, Alek is a musical artist under the stage name ‘Druid’s Toothpick.’ As of writing, he is on the verge of releasing his first album, Cost of Listening.

Madde Mackenzie - (She/her)

Co-Secretary

Madde connected with EYDN through University of South Australia (now University of Adelaide) in 2018 as a participant of their Enabled Youth Disability Networks.  Overtime, Madde has undertaken various leadership roles within EYDN’s projects, including Peer Support Worker, Peer Connector/facilitator/leader and Inclusive Schools Mentor. In her spare time, she enjoys hanging with family or friends, cooking, reading, writing fanfiction and drinking bubble tea.

Early in her journey, she was insecure and less confident expressing access needs or visual capacity in a comprehensible way. Engagement in EYDN provided the tools to achieve this personal goal.

"As co-secretary and board member; my aim is to return the favour, creating and encouraging opportunities for members of the disability community to have greater voice, choice, and control within present and future generations."

Victoria Clark -She/Her

Board Member

Victoria is a passionate disability and mental health advocate who aspires to use her voice and lived experience to drive systemic change. She is excited to join the EYDN board and learn how to better the represent the wider disability community to create spaces where acceptance and inclusion are priorities.

She is currently completing a Bachelor of Psychology and enjoys regular volunteer work with children and young people across a wide range of settings. Victoria also has a number of hobbies and interests including art, musical theatre and alpacas.