Virginia Stewart
Virginia is the Social Reform Director of the Church of Scientology Australia where she has worked for the last 20 years, minus a few stints overseas. She is a second generation Scientologist and was born into a pluralistic family - comprised of strict Catholics, Scientologists, lapsed Christians and atheists.
She received a Catholic school education while Scientology principles were instilled at home. She has always has a strong interest in all things religious and enjoys studying other faiths and has a deep empathy for differences between people and how understanding them with tolerance can enrich social life.
When not speaking with the media, Virginia coordinates the Church’s Asian Pacific social programs, including its Volunteer Minister disaster response programs throughout Australia and Asia and its anti-drug education programs, amongst some of many activities she coordinates with volunteers of many languages.
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