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About the Author: Hey! My name is Shania Richards. I am the 27th Youth Governor of South Australia, CEO of Nerdy Indigenous Art, Young Citizen of the Year 2022, Caring for Country NAIDOC award recipient and newly elected council member. I also volunteer for the YMCA, The Y, Headspace, Passionis Productions, GILD, and First Nations Australia Writers Network. I regularly work for Barngarla Determination Aboriginal Corporation as a cultural heritage monitor and consultant. As well as an Art Reviewer for Artlink International Magazine. I also work for Behind the News as a Children's Reporter. While working on creative projects and collaborations with OSCA. As well as having just published my first ever poetry book and working on the second. I graduated from the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, as a qualified Actor/Movement Artist and Vocalist. Also recently continued my apprenticeship locally as a chef. And just graduated from a business course with Wade institute and minderloo foundation, and a singer song writer course with Talent College. I have just finished my term as Youth Governor on the state level and am about to embark on my local government journey as a newly elected member