Bachelor of Accounting, 2018
Young Alumni Award
Angelique Wan is an inspirational young leader driving social change through consent education. Through her work, she gives young people the tools to navigate consent in their sexual experiences through engaging, evidence-based, inclusive workshops and lectures.
After graduating high school, Angelique realised how ill-equipped many young people are to navigate consent, boundary setting and sexual harassment and assault. So, while Angelique was a student at UTS, she and her friend Joyce Yu founded Consent Labs.
Consent Labs is a not for profit organisation driven by young people. It strives to spark vital conversation around consent, not just for students, but also for the people around them – such as teachers, parents and educators.
While at UTS, Angelique also gained key experience in the classroom and through internships. And the practical nature of her degree equipped her with the industry skills and confidence to tackle big-picture problems.
Upon finishing her degree, Angelique immersed herself in her career, working at Macquarie Group as a financial analyst. But after four years she stepped away to follow her passion and become the full-time CEO of Consent Labs.
In this role, Angelique works with her team to further develop their workshops and teach valuable lessons around consent to young people. And today, Consent Lab has worked with over 22,000 students. Angelique and her team are working to extend their reach to regional schools to provide access to this vital information to more people. The team hopes to launch this program in term one of the 2023 school year.
In the future, Angelique hopes Australia’s consent education will be more accessible and inclusive of all cultures and expressions of gender and sexuality. She believes this is an important step towards lowering Australia’s sexual assault rates – especially for minority groups whose presence is so pronounced in these numbers.
It takes commitment and education of all stakeholders in a young person's life to really push for this systemic social change – to make sure we’re giving our young people the correct knowledge to protect themselves and respect others.