MANAGER OF PEOPLE AND CULTURE [email protected]
The graduate of a Bachelor of Arts majoring in Politics is currently undertaking a Master of International Relations at LaTrobe University. Sarah was awarded the Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award in 2014 by the Australian Defence Force for her leadership and charitable work. During that year she was also involved in Youth in Philanthropy for the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation. Participating in the EDFL Diversity umpiring Program at her high school, she has Umpired two Auskick matches during the halftime of AFL games.
Sarah is the recipient of the Wyndham Councils Mayoral Youth Award 2015 and was named the Wyndham Young Achiever of the Year 2016. She was also listed by Buzzfeed as one of the “19 Muslims who are owning it right now” in 2015 and mentioned in The Islamic Council of Victoria’s (ICV) 2017 social media campaign, #25muslimyouth.
During June 2017, she had the honour of attending and being asked to speak at the first Iftar held at Government House, hosted by the Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency the Honourable Linda Dessau and Mr Anthony Howard QC, as well as an Iftar organised by the Australian Arab Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AACCI).
Sarah currently works at Souki Lawyers as the firms Manager of People and Culture. She is an Executive Board Member of the Islamic Council of Victoria (ICV), holding the Youth, Education, Employment and Skills portfolio. She is also a volunteer at the Islamic Museum of Australia (IMA).