Mackenzie has been a passionate animal advocate and environmentalist from a young age. She is on the board of the Animal Justice Foundation, and has previously run as a candidate for the Animal Justice Party. Mackenzie studied a Bachelor of Advanced Science and worked with sugarcane farmers in North Queensland for several years to reduce pollutants entering the Great Barrier Reef. After moving to Sydney, she changed focus and studied Social Media Marketing to help ethically-minded organisations have greater impact online.
Mackenzie will join the Young Changemakers discussion panel.