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Giancarlo de Vera

Meet Giancarlo de Vera, an award-winning advocate for disability rights, racial justice, and LGBTIQA+ equality working to transform Australian workplaces.

Disability rights Ambassador

About Giancarlo

Giancarlo (they/them) is an award-winning disability, racial justice and LGBTIQA+ advocate.

They are the CEO of BEING – Mental Health Consumers, the NSW peak body for people living with mental illness and psychosocial disability.

They are on the Board of the NSW Ageing and Disability Commission and the Tenants’ Union of NSW.

They are the Treasurer of the Australian Centre for Disability Law.

Giancarlo also sits on the Council of the Australian Government’s National Disability Data Asset.

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