Yamane Fayed is an experienced trilingual creative producer and CACD practitioner working extensively in the community and cultural development sector. Yamane holds a Master in French Literature and an Arts Administration degree. Since migrating to Australia in 2005, she has worked in various settings as an educator, librarian, cultural food tour guide and mostly as a creative producer and storytelling facilitator across Western Sydney. Since 2016, Yamane works for Arts & Cultural Exchange as the Multicultural Women’s Hub Producer upskilling and supporting women in setting up their own creative enterprise. She is passionate about working and engaging with diverse communities in Western Sydney through the medium of arts and creativity as tools for social change.