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We love our volunteers and interns! Want to join the team? Just send us an email to latinstoriesaustralia@gmail.com with your details so that you can use your talents towards supporting the Latin American Community in Victoria.

At Latin Stories Australia, we value the passion, dedication, enthusiasm, and commitment of our volunteers. This is what makes us strong and keeps us connected with a wide range of our community.

We meet twice per year as volunteers, allowing for regular engagement and collaboration. This not only fosters a sense of community but also provides valuable networking opportunities. Additionally, volunteering or interning with us offers the chance to gain local experience and insight into the dynamics of Victoria's Latin American community.

We are also very pleased to provide opportunities for our volunteers and interns to connect with the community, practice or enhance their skills, and gain the “local experience”. Areas on which the volunteer supported us were: social media content creation, marketing and communications, design, editing of stories, co-facilitation of workshops, and overall administration activities.

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THE STORY OF CONI - INTERN FOR LATIN STORIES 2023

I arrived in 2017 with the intention of travelling for a year and then returning to my home country. I write this six years later from Australia; a country that became my home thanks to the beautiful people I have met along the way. Migrating is not easy. Constant visa changes, work limitations and COVID-19 have made the journey a challenging one, especially when being away from family and loved ones.

Luckily, when I was about to give up and return back home I managed to secure a scholarship to study at a prestigious Australian University. It was then, while taking a Latin American subject, that I found out about Latin Stories Australia. I could not believe I did not know about this organisation before and I thought of how important these types of initiatives are for community engagement.

A year later, I was contemplating doing an internship as part of my course and I did not have to think twice. This was my chance to collaborate in an organisation and work with people that I could relate to and help others that have had similar experiences to my own.

I started my internship in July 2023 and from the next three months I was able to collaborate with workshop planning and implementation, help with the writing of grant applications, data collection and analysis. I got to learn from the internal processes of the organisation which was very valuable for me and my future career working for the non-for-profit sector.

I have witnessed the amount of effort, dedication and love that the people from Latin Stories Australia put in every project and task they do. This is reflected in the engagement with the Latin American community as well as other multicultural partner associations.

It has been a pleasure to work with them. Always open to new ideas, they take the time to listen, make sure that you feel included and can actively participate in the many aspects of the work they do behind the scenes.

The first workshop I participated in was around gender equality, stereotypes, and consent. These are hard topics to talk about. Even sometimes considered taboo. As a Latin American queer migrant I found this project relevant and necessary for the community. I could see that it was done with much care, managing to reflect on ideas that can help bring the community together and integrate fully into Australian society. I believe that having these spaces are extremely important, especially when first migrating.

Living in Australia has made me reconnect deeper with my Latin American roots and feel very proud of who I am and where I came from. Latin Stories Australia has helped me continue to nurture that feeling and share it with others.

Thank you so much LSA!

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