Malika is currently studying a double degree in International Relations and Medical Science at The Australian National University. Passionate about the intersection between global health, gender equality and geopolitics, she has volunteered for NGOs and nonprofits in Tanzania, Nepal and Cambodia focused on women’s empowerment and promoting youth political participation. She is a former Girls Run The World embassy program delegate and recipient of a New Colombo Plan Mobility Grant for a political economy study tour in Papua New Guinea. Malika will undertake an exchange semester at Stockholm University in September and in the future she aspires to work in the field of global health diplomacy and international development in South East Asia.