Hello Xander, welcome to Susan's!
I am located near Seattle, visited Australia a few times and was in Melbourne last year. Great place, I'd definitely like to visit again.
One of our areas is the
Youth Talk board for those under 18 - if you haven't already checked that out you may find it interesting. You are very fortunate to have access to information and resources that wasn't available when I was 15. Sounds like you are well on your way and have an awesome future ahead.
Great to see you here!
Kendra