Quek Yew Aun

Trained in both biodiversity and law, Yew Aun’s passion lies in environmental education, particularly it finds new methods and media to effectively communicate complex messages. Alongside his co-founders, Chai Ming, Hui Ling and Serena, he created Reef Stakes®, an award-winning marine-themed role-playing card game, and in 2021, curated Reef Spawn, a capacity development program for Malaysian youths.

As part of Reef Spawn, he produced “The Life and Times of Jenah”, a short film which showcased threats to the marine environment through the eyes of a fish. The film has since been translated into four languages, showcased at numerous film festivals and won second runner-up in the animation category at the 2023 Three Acts of Goodness Micro Film Festival.

At law school, he was active in ECOLAWGY UM where he led Lex Aquatica – a student-led initiative aimed at stimulating discussion on laws specific to the marine environment. This culminated in an international forum, a national level policy/ law competition and two animated documentaries that were funded by the Ministry of Finance.

While currently deployed to the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Yew Aun maintains his keen interest in the fields of conservation, policy, nation building and where they intersect.

Making an impact to me is working together with equally passionate people to pursue meaningful causes. In the past few years, I have been very lucky to have had amazing people who were willing to volunteer their time and effort outside of their day job to create something bigger than themselves.