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Tanya Dupagne Tanya Dupagne was elected as the youngest Councillor on the Town of Kwinana Council in 2009. She has worked extensively with young people in the Kwinana community, runs the Dance 4 Africa program, Koorliny Arts Centre Boys Club and Girls Club, and is the Co-ordinator for the Kwinana Children's Choir. She works as the Programs & Marketing Manager at the Koorliny Arts Centre, runs programs in a number of schools, is involved with the Town of Kwinana Youth Mentoring and LyriK programs and sits on numerous community committees. She has also spent large amounts of time working with underprivileged and at risk children in America, South Africa and Vietnam. Tanya has won many awards for her work within her community, including the Premier's Active Citizenship Award, Town of Kwinana Citizen of the Year, Martin Waudby Leadership Award, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, the 2008/2009 SPARK Mentoring Program through the Australia Council for the Arts and the 2010 Children's Week Awards Meerilinga Adult Award of Recognition.

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