What’s your passion and how do you want to make a difference in the world?
My passion is social justice and working to break down silos in the way we tackle big social issues by creating relationships between organisations and connecting people, their skills, talent, passion and their ideas to take projects to the next level.
Why is inclusion important to you personally?
Inclusion is important to me because an inclusive environment is the key to individual happiness and solving our most complex issues as organisations and as people. The ability of people to reach their potential and contribute to our community in an inclusive environment is much stronger than in a disrupted space and I think we all have something unique and valuable to offer our community.
How do we create a society that does more than accept difference?
I think we need to acknowledge within ourselves that our own perspective is just one of many perspectives and no more right or valuable than another perspective. Once we start to see the value in other ideas and ways of doing and being we start to see new solutions and re-define the issues we’re facing – which is the space where innovation happens. Given the number of complex issues facing our society today, I think that this is exactly what we need – to be open to learning from each other.
About Krista
Noongar woman Krista Dunstan grew up in Esperance, relocated to Perth in 2008 to study a Bachelor of Laws at UWA, and was admitted as a practicing solicitor in 2012. Krista worked as a commercial litigator and construction specialist for 5 years before winning the Law Society's Legal Practitioner of the Year award in 2017. Krista is a qualified director and devotes her spare time to boards and committees such as the WA Aboriginal Cricket Advisory Committee, Noongar Charitable Trust, Richmond Wellbeing and Celebrate WA. In recognition of her hard work, Krista was inducted into the Western Australian Women’s Hall of Fame in 2011 and awarded the Human Rights Awards Young People’s Medal in 2012. She was listed in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac’s 100 Women of Influence Young Leader category in 2013. Krista was a finalist in the Telstra Business Women’s Awards in both the Corporate and Private and Young Business Woman categories in 2015. In addition to her other commitments, Krista is a junior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force Reserves and a short listed author in the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards 2020.