* Shelly Van Derwerff is a member of the Climate Change choir, and a thorn in the side of the local council as she petitions for Tram accessible stops along Sydney Road, Brunswick, in Melbourne's inner north.

* She is a member of The Alternatives to Violence Project (AVP), an international network of independent not-for-profit grass-roots volunteer groups offering experiential workshops on self-awareness and creative conflict transformation in prisons, schools, and the wider community.

* Shelly Van Derwerff is a practising occupational therapist.