Tariro Felicity Mavondo

EDUCATION AND TRAINING • Victorian Certificate of Education (2003) • Completed two years, Bachelor of Arts (Politics and Anthropology) • Diploma in Spanish (2005-2007) • Bachelor of Dramatic Arts VCA (2011) • Movement Based Expressive Arts Therapy (2015, 2016) • Completed Summer Course on Decoloniality (UniSa, Pretoria South Africa 2017) • Completed Summer Course on Decolonising Knowledge and Power (Barcelona 2019) Born in Zimbabwe, raised in Frankston and based in Narrm (Melbourne) Tariro is the former co-Artistic Director/CEO of Western Edge Youth Arts (WEYA). Based in Melbourne’s west since 2005, WEYA is comprised largely of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) people. WEYA prides itself in being at the forefront of contemporary youth theatre that is deeply-rooted in community practice. WEYA’s long standing engagement with underrepresented and structurally disadvantaged communities has always been driven by the belief that access to arts participation should be attainable for everyone. Tariro is a multidisciplinary storyteller, theatre director and curator. Tariro also consults and facilitates in cultural diversity and performing arts with experience across education, government, mental health, law enforcement and social justice.