Lindsey first put her BA Hons degree in Creative Arts to work at the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Gulbenkian Foundation implementing the 'Arts in Schools Report'.  Then, over 20 years ago, she left the UK to travel for a year before arriving in Hong Kong.

In 1993, Lindsey founded the Hong Kong Youth Arts Festival (which became the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation in 2006). Every year, she creates at least one major performance to be staged locally (either an original piece or an adaptation). In addition, she has toured theatre pieces to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and an exhibition to the Australian Festival of Youth in Adelaide.

Lindsey was recognised in the New Year's Honours List 2006 as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). She received this in recognition of her commitment to education and for her contribution to UK arts overseas.

Wendy has been involved in youth-related work in Hong Kong since graduating from the Chinese University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Science degree. Before joining YAF in 2001, Wendy spent 4 years as an Outreach Worker at KELY Support Group and was also a Senior Programme Officer at the Warehouse Teenagers Club.

Wendy believes passionately in the arts as a significant platform through which young people can express themselves and bring about personal growth. As Assistant Director at YAF, she manages a wide range of large-scale visual arts projects, including artist-in-residence programmes with local artists and with major international names such as the renowned British theatre designer, Ralph Koltai.

Maria's passion for the arts has brought her countless exciting opportunities to work with amazing personalities and organisations in film, television, visual and performing arts. Her early film and television credits include works with Tsui Hark, Johnnie To, Ringo Lam, Jackie Chan, NBC and PBS. She joined the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation in 2002 and had been producing and managing performing arts events and productions since. Maria is committed to connecting a broad spectrum of Hong Kong and overseas based talents to develop innovative works that reflect our diversified, vibrant and multi-cultural communities. She earned a BFA (Hons) degree in Film and Television.

After graduating from the Hong KongAcademy for Performing Arts in 2002, Yan joined YAF to manage and coordinate a huge variety of visual arts projects. She loves exploring and developing new dimensions in visual arts, and sharing her ideas projects for Hong Kong's young people.

While studying for her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (majoring in Applied Arts), Yan was awarded both the 2000-2001 Hong Kong Bank Foundation Scholarship (which enabled her to go on an art and cultural exchange to Yunnan, China) and the Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship which funded an art study trip to London.

Having graduated from the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong, Kerry has participated in post-production work for films such as video editing and sound mixing for "July Rhapsody" and "The Twins Effect". She is also an amateur performing artist, having performed for many different productions such as the musicals "Footloose" and "Disco Inferno". Since 2007 Kerry explored her own choreography in different dance styles and physical theatre projects including "Burial" and "Cage" at the Fringe Club. She was an artistic director for "ContemWave: Rubbish Channel" held by DanceArt in 2010. Kerry loves taking part in all varieties of art activities, as well as meeting different artists, in order to enrich the lives of the youth with her passion for a healthy-art life by sharing her personal experiences.

Amanda graduated from City University of Hong Kong in Marketing. Having participated as a teenage dancer in a YAF project, she was inspired by the YAF spirit and joined YAF full time in 2009. Through her work at YAF, she is dedicated to encouraging youngsters in Hong Kong to participate in YAF's high-quality art activities by sharing her own experiences.