Mackenzie Li, Founder & Executive Director
Mackenzie is a Melbourne-based youth advocate working across health literacy, health equity, education and youth voice. She founded Aletheia after years of watching peers, particularly CALD and queer young people, feel dismissed, misunderstood or unsure where to turn.
Her work has been recognised with the 2026 Zonta International Young Women in Leadership Award, the 2026 Bright Future Prize (global winner) and Deakin Rising Star Youth Achievement recognition. She is a member of the PROJECT ROCKIT National Youth Collective and a Consent Labs Youth Ambassador.
Aletheia (ἀλήθεια) is the Ancient Greek word for truth. So much of young people’s health is shaped by what goes unsaid: taboos, silence and symptoms that get brushed off. Telling the truth about health, and being believed when you do, is where change starts.
We are auspiced by the City of Melbourne and PROJECT ROCKIT, and we are proud to work with:
City of Boroondara · VicSRC · YACVic · PROJECT ROCKIT · City of Melbourne · Bright Future (The Ardonagh Group) · Envest · Zonta International · Zonta Club of Melbourne on Yarra · Victorian Government
Our programs have been supported by the Victorian Government, YACVic, Zonta, Bright Future (The Ardonagh Group) and EdStart, with in-kind support from PROJECT ROCKIT and Envest. Aletheia was a 2025 EdStart Community Service national finalist.