Emmah
Evans

At only days old, Emmah Evans was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), the most common life-threatening lung disease effecting Australians today. With limited treatment options at the time, Emmah’s biological family believed she would not live past her fifth birthday and gave her up for adoption.
It wasn't long before Emmah was placed in the arms of her loving parents. She spent a majority of her childhood growing up in the hospital and watching many of her childhood friends lose their battle to Cystic Fibrosis. She also fell victim to bulling throughout high school leading to depression and anxiety.

A truly remarkable speaker; Emmah’s story is both touching and inspiring.

Current work

As the current ambassador for the Cure4CF Foundation, Emmah continues to raise funds and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. In 2018 she will proudly carry the baton as part of the 2018 Queens Baton Relay, for the Commonwealth Games.

Previous experience

Ambassador: Emmah became the national youth ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis and travelled Australia sharing her story.

TV:Her story was featured on The ABC’s Australian Story where she openly shares her reunion with her biological family at aged 16, a chance of fate - as they believed she had passed away.

Author:Emmah’s autobiography, ‘The Words Inside’ was published by Random House Australia in 2006.

Awards:After her health extremely deteriorated in her final years of high school, Emmah was granted a wish by the Make A Wish Foundation. Soon thereafter, her health took a turn for the better and in 2005, Emmah not only graduated high school but also won Girlfriend Magazine’s ‘Girlfriend of the Year’ awarding her a $3000 prize which she donated to Cystic Fibrosis Australia.

With a background in Human Resource management, she's continued achieving both professionally and personally and in 2012, was awarded the Westpac banking CEO award. Again, she donated the $10,000 to Cystic Fibrosis Australia towards the research.

Speaker:Emmah went on to represent the Westpac Banking Corporation in Pittsburgh at One Young World, an International leadership summit with young leaders from around the globe and was selected to speak in the health plenary about her role as ambassador for Cystic Fibrosis.