Aspirational advocate Multi-media artist and Launceston Grammar alumnae (2000) Ange Leech has been awarded one of the most prestigious scholarships available to Australian postgraduate students, the Fulbright Scholarship. As a Fulbright Scholar, Ange is focusing on the role the arts can play in advocating for social justice and finding solutions to address the high incarceration rates amongst Indigenous and marginalised populations in both America and Australia. She is currently undertaking a Master of Arts in Peace and Justice at the University of San Diego’s Kroc School of Peace Studies in California. News from Launceston Grammar caught on new line with Ange about the opportunity to study under human rights lawyers and international leaders in innovative education, socially engaged art and justice reform, and her journey since leaving school. Q. What led you to receiving a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship? A. After completing Grade 12 I moved to Melbourne having developed a passion for visual arts and was accepted into the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), majoring in sculpture. While there I performed in bands, exhibited with a private gallery, and participated in national art shows and competitions. Around 2010, I started feeling a sense of urgency to travel to remote Australia,
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Ange Leech moved to Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields to connect with likeminded people
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