Michelle Gunaselan, 25 • Activist

The name Michelle Gunaselan certainly rings a familiar bell on cyberspace. Being enthusiastic in educating voters and non-voters alike on their rights prior to the recent General Elections, Michelle founded the Facebook group - VotED. Being only 25, this Taylors College graduate is a restless soul that loathes everything unjust, having been an activist focusing on socio-political affairs since she was 19. According to Michelle, "I guess I'm doing something that a lot of people my age have no interest in. Most of them are just not keen or some apolitical. I'm driven by passion."

It all started out with writing, said Michelle, with a friend for this popular online website called Suara Malaysia, focusing on socio-political issues. She is concerned about getting the right information out there to the people. "People think grassroots group are not important. What I'm doing is making Malaysians wiser, instead of heavily depending on the mainstream media."

Michelle's achievements doesn't just stop there; she has written about the Kampung Berembang issue which opened people's eyes, and also won an award from the Malaysian AIDS Council for helping to raise awareness on the disease. She's also working on a chapter for a book regarding the recent elections. "I'm just trying to get involved with more activism. I'm very passionate about it." When Michelle is not busy fighting for a cause, she prefers to go to a bar and chill with her activist pals. She also writes poetry. Maybe a poetry showdown with Priya K?

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