Acknowledgment of country

Polyglot acknowledges that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the Traditional Custodians of the lands on which we live and create, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. For more than 65,000 years, children and families have created and played here, and we are grateful to make our art on this country too.


28 Jul 2023

Vivian Romero

Vivian is a Senior Lecturer with the Master of Public Health course at the University of Melbourne. She focuses on innovation in public health, specifically, how we might improve the processes of engagement by and for the community. Her PhD fortified her passion for uncovering and advocating children’s voices about their lived experiences and the changes they want to see in their physical environment. Her fond achievements include alcohol advertisement restrictions around schools (USA), recycled art youth fashion show (Philippines) and neighbourhood play streets (UK). Such experiences have developed her expertise to reprioritise the role of children and young people in research. She was an advisory board member of the Victorian Local Governance Association Child-friendly Cities and Communities network.