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Honours and awards
2021 VIC Young Australian of the Year Finalist
About
Nathaniel Diong is an award-winning Gen-Z educator – unlocking the endless potential of youth, whilst tackling the unemployment crisis affecting 2.8 million young Aussies.
Feeling helpless to make a difference in a world where thousands died each day, Nathaniel fell into clinical depression. Desperate to help youth realise they could make a difference, at 16, he founded Future Minds Network. Building socially-conscious start-ups, students solve big problems, practise skills for future employment such as communication and problem-solving and create their own future jobs.
More than 11,000 students from 50 cultural backgrounds have completed his programs – landing offers at Yale, TEDx and launching non-for-profits sending 2000 encouragement letters to tackle isolation.
An international start-up judge at hackathons affiliated with the United Nations, running more than $90,000 of pro-bono programs to support youth, and linking 10,000 disadvantaged women with meaningful employment, Nathaniel represents the best of Australia on the global stage. He’s on a mission to create 1000 jobs in the next 10 years.
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