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Stina Constantine was almost deported from Wagga because of a typo

Stina Constantine was almost deported from Wagga because of a typo

Stories Of Us
Sea. 1 Ep. 730 min
24 Mar 22
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About the episode

What makes a place feel like home? For Christian social worker Stina Constantine, it's the people. Stina was born in Sri Lanka and moved to Wagga (via Norway) when she was a kid. In spite of the language barrier and the adjustment to the Australian heat, Stina felt at home. She was living happily in Wagga until an administration error on a visa application form meant she was going to be deported unless she could raise the money to fight it in court. Her community rallied around her: over 14,000 people signed a petition calling for her to stay and a crowd-fund to pay for her legal fees raised over $17,000. In this episode, Stina sits down with Leigh Ryan from Triple M Wagga to share about founding the Virtue Ministry and supporting young people to engage in healthy relationships, winning Miss Wagga (and why Miss Wagga isn't what you think it is) and winning her fight against deportation.