Mx. Toni graduated with a bachelorโs degree of secondary education majoring in English at the Capiz State University back in 2021. Aside from this, they sought out other educational opportunities such as Advocacy and Project Management at the Women Deliver Digital University (2015), International Womenโs Health and Human Rights at Stanford University (2014), and Global Health and Humanitarianism at the University of Manchester (2013). An advocate of many causes, they are members of the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative, and Y-PEER Pilipinas, founder of the Y-Cap for SRHR, founder of United Colours of Capiz State University, and Alumnus of Women Deliver Young Leaders Program. Back in 2018, they were awarded as the SDG 5 Youth Champion due to the amiable service they have rendered for gender equality.
Bloom Siriwattakanon finished their Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies from the University of Auckland with Second Class/First Division Honors, and their Masters in Education in Adult Learning and Community Development at the University of Toronto. They successfully launched Asia’s first application for queer gig workers, successfully advocated for the inclusion of queer migrant workers for Vertie Southeast Asia’s study about the situation of migrant workers in Thailand during pandemics, and successfully helped Non-binary Thailand partner with queer CSOs overseas especially in the South East Asia region. Currently, they are the consultant of ASEAN SOGIE Caucus, and the Head of the IR Unit for Non-binary Thailand. They take pride in being a neurodiverse non-binary/trans activist based in Thailand who has been involved in activism and international development for almost five years.
๐๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ง๐๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ซ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฌ!
As Germany Kent has said: Never underestimate the power you have to take your life in a new direction. ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐๐ซ ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ซ ๐๐ก๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐, and as saddening as this is, we understand their sentiments. We would like to express our sincerest gratitude to both of them for their amazing contributions not only to the organization but also to the advocacies they hold.
We hope you could support them in their personal endeavors as much as we do! Until we meet again, Justin and Tharindi! As you pursue wider horizons, we will always be here to support you.
