Experience

Asia New Zealand Foundation

• New Zealand
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Leadership Network Member

  • May 2019 - Present

  An initiative of Asia New Zealand Foundation, the Leadership Network brings together young and talented people who are forging New Zealand’s future relations with Asia. The network, which has members based in New Zealand as well as throughout Asia and as far afield as the United Kingdom, offers opportunities for further knowledge and connections – for the good of New Zealand-Asia relations. The purpose of the network is to create a group of outstanding young ambassadors who can inspire fresh thinking on how to build a more integrated and prosperous future between New Zealand and Asia. The Network offers a range of on and offshore events and opportunities to equip young leaders with the skills and knowledge required to build links between New Zealand and Asia. In addition, the Network cultivates lasting friendships and deepens members' understanding of each other's cultures. Show less



Tertiary Education Union Te Hautu Kahurangi o Aotearoa

• New Zealand
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial and Professional Committee Member

  • May 2019 - Present

  The Tertiary Education Union is a movement of people working collectively to defend and promote quality public tertiary education that is accessible to all. We work together to address a wide range of issues affecting staff because our conditions of work are students’ conditions of learning. TEU members elect representative to the Industrial and Professional Committee from across the country. The committee meets three times a year to advise council and annual conference on matters to do with working condition, pay, and professional matters. Show less



New Zealand Labour Party

• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• New Zealand Council member

  • Nov 2018 - Present

  Regional Representative representing Region 1 (Auckland and Northland) on the New Zealand Council, which is the governing body of the New Zealand Labour Party. In this elected role I help formulate the policy and direct the affairs of the Party with the leader, staff, Parliamentary wing, Party President and other Councillors elected by the membership of the Party. Regional Representative representing Region 1 (Auckland and Northland) on the New Zealand Council, which is the governing body of the New Zealand Labour Party. In this elected role I help formulate the policy and direct the affairs of the Party with the leader, staff, Parliamentary wing, Party President and other Councillors elected by the membership of the Party.



University of Auckland

• New Zealand
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  Based in the School of Medicine, I am responsible for managing the Faculty's Longitudinal Tracking Project and Medical Student Outcome Database, writing and publishing research papers using data derived from this project, and supervising research students.

• PhD Candidate

  • Feb 2017 - Present

  Currently studying part-time towards a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine. My thesis will focus on the predictive factors and policy implications of medical students choosing primary health careers.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Feb 2012 - Jul 2019

  As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, I am involved with a range of tasks relating to the delivery of two large stage one Population Health papers for the Bachelor of Health Science programme, which is an entry pathway for the medical (MBChB) programme at the University of Auckland.Tasks involved include teaching two streams of the tutorial programme, preparing for and developing these teaching sessions, marking and providing constructive criticism for student assignments, marking tests and exams, being available during office hours, and occasionally providing feedback and consultation on test, exam and assignment content, academic content, and marking procedures. Show less

• Human Participant Ethics Committee member

  • Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

  Research involving human participants (including teaching sessions, laboratories, anonymous questionnaires and research carried out as part of coursework) must receive approval from the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee (UAHPEC). This is the second term I have served on the UAHPEC.As a Lay and Student member of UAHPEC, I was tasked with completing reviews of ethics applications for research involving human participants, including those deemed to be "High Risk" applications, and with providing a student perspective on human participant research when required. Show less

• Project Coordinator

  • Nov 2012 - Apr 2017

  In this role, I am in charge of running the day to day operations of two large longitudinal research studies, the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences Tracking Project and the Auckland arm of the Medical Student Outcome Database, the latter being the only international project of its kind tracking medical student outcomes across New Zealand and Australia. For both projects, I am tasked with questionnaire development and distribution, managing data entry personnel, ensuring continuous ethics approval, conducting research and data analysis, writing research publications for local and international journals and conferences, contributing to national data reports, providing data to internal and external collaborators including for accreditation, and reporting to external funders. Show less

• Human Participant Ethics Committee member

  • Feb 2012 - Feb 2013

  Research involving human participants (including teaching sessions, laboratories, anonymous questionnaires and research carried out as part of coursework) must receive approval from the University of Auckland Human Participants Ethics Committee (UAHPEC). As a Lay and Student member of UAHPEC, I was tasked with completing reviews of ethics applications for research involving human participants, including those deemed to be "High Risk" applications, and with providing a student perspective on human participant research when required. Show less

• Senator (Post-Graduate Student Representative)

  • Jan 2012 - Dec 2012

  I sat on the University of Auckland Senate as the Post-Graduate student representative. The Senate's statutory authority derives from the Education Act, which empowers Council to establish an Academic Board (in the case of this University the Academic Board is called Senate) to:- Advise the Council on matters relating to courses of study or training, awards, and other academic matters- Exercise powers delegated to it by CouncilSenate is charged with overseeing educational issues at the University of Auckland and receives reports from all Faculties, Education Committee, Equity Committee, Library Committee, Research Committee, Academic Programmes, Auckland University Press, and the Board of Graduate Studies. Show less

• Research Assistant, Centre for Health Services Research and Policy

  • Feb 2011 - Nov 2012

  As a Research Assistant in the Centre for Health Services, Research and Policy at the University of Auckland, I was involved in several large health service evaluation programmes. This work involved cleaning and entering data, attending and assisting focus groups, working closely with Pacific communities, and conducting one-on-one research interviews in a clinical setting. Part of this work included an evaluation of after-hours services in the Auckland region, which partially arose from work conducted during the course of my Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) dissertation research. I was able to see this work through to the evaluation stage, and was involved in conducting one-on-one interviews in emergency departments around Auckland and collecting associated research data. Show less



International Union of Socialist Youth

• Austria
• Political Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Coordinator - Feminist Working Group

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2018

  During my tenure as a IUSY Vice President, I was appointed the global coordinator of the Feminist Working Group. This role involved growing and building volunteer capacity across the organisation, and increasing youth engagement in feminist issues. A key skill in this role was stakeholder engagement, as working with other organisations such as the Party of European Socialist (PES) Women was integral to delivering aspects of our global projects.A highlight of my work in this role was acting as a lead organiser and trainer at the University for Youth and Development, run by the North South Centre of the Council of Europe, where we delivered our Feminist Working Group training in Mollina, Spain, in September 2017. This activity was attended by young people from over 10 countries, and developed group of passionate young activists delivering a programme of work within IUSY that exists to this day. Show less

• Regional Coordinator - Asia-Pacific

  • Mar 2016 - Mar 2018

  During my tenure as a IUSY Vice President, I was appointed the Regional Coordinator of the Asia-Pacific Committee. This role involved growing and building volunteer capacity across the Asia-Pacific region, and increasing youth engagement in IUSY and our movement more broadly. In this role, I led and chaired youth leadership conferences and regional meetings of the Asia-Pacific Committee in Bangkok, Thailand in November 2015, Delhi, India in November 2016, and Penang, Malaysia in November 2017. Coordinating the regional operations of the Committee had challenges inherent in promoting youth political engagement, including in countries that are non-democratic or where there are severe restrictions on citizens democratic engagement. Show less

• Vice President

  • May 2015 - Mar 2018

  IUSY is the largest political youth organisation in the world, with over 160 member organisations from more than 115 countries. As an elected Vice President of IUSY, I sat on the governing Presidium of the organisation, and was responsible for coordinating and representing member organisations in the Asia-Pacific region. This role involved attending more than 20 events in 16 countries, and included developing and presenting the feminist programme across 8 days at the 2017 IUSY World Festival in Albania, chairing aspects of IUSY World events including the 2017 World Council in Argentina, and delivering an address to the 2018 World Congress in Montenegro. Show less



Council of Europe

• France
• International Affairs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Activity Organiser and Trainer

  • Sep 2017 - Sep 2017

  In September 2017 I participated in the 18th University on Youth and Development in Mollina, Spain, run by the North South Centre of the Council of Europe. The University in Mollina is run each year and comprises training events run by youth organisations with a presence in Europe. The theme for the 18th UYD was "Developing Global Identities" and ran from the 18th to the 23rd of September. At this UYD, I helped to lead the organisation and running of the IUSY Feminist Working Group meeting in my role as a IUSY Vice President and global Coordinator of the Working Group. Show less



European Parliament

• Belgium
• Political Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• European Youth Event Participant

  • May 2016 - May 2016

  I participated in the 2016 European Youth Event as an international participant. The European Youth Event (EYE) took place in the European Parliament seat in Strasbourg from 20-21 May 2016. It was a unique opportunity for thousands of young Europeans to make their voices heard. During the event, we exchanged ideas and perspectives on youth-related issues, developed innovative solutions to crucial questions for the future and met with European decision-makers and speakers with a wide range of professional experience. At the same time the EYE provided an opportunity to experience the rich cultural diversity within the European Union through the staging of various artistic performances and spectacles. As follow-up, a report with the ideas discussed during the event will be made available in September 2016 to all Members of the European Parliament. As well, former EYE participants will have the opportunity to present the most concrete ideas produced by young people to a number of parliamentary committees and receive feedbacks from Members. Show less



Auckland University's Students' Association

• New Zealand
• Non-profit Organizations

• Tamaki Representative

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  I represented students from the Tamaki campus on the AUSA executive. This role was varied, and included sitting on several University of Auckland committees in a representative role, attending AUSA executive meetings, running events, managing staff members and overseeing a significant budget.

• President, Tamaki Students' Association

  • Jan 2010 - Dec 2012

  As the President of the Tamaki Students Association, I was tasked with chairing executive meetings, managing staff members, and overseeing the budget.



New Zealand Parliament

• New Zealand
• Legislative Offices
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Issues Assistant

  • May 2012 - Aug 2012

  I was employed by Parliamentary Services to work for a Member of Parliament on a project aiming to identify voters who were enrolled to vote in the 2011 New Zealand general election, but did not do so. The aim of the project was to enhance our democracy by developing strategies to target Enrolled Non-Voters and encourage these people to vote in future New Zealand general elections. I was employed by Parliamentary Services to work for a Member of Parliament on a project aiming to identify voters who were enrolled to vote in the 2011 New Zealand general election, but did not do so. The aim of the project was to enhance our democracy by developing strategies to target Enrolled Non-Voters and encourage these people to vote in future New Zealand general elections.


GLASSONS LTD
• Retail
• 300 - 400 Employee
• Sales Associate

  • Mar 2009 - Dec 2011

Boston Cafe and Bar
• Waitress

  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2008

DigiPoll Ltd
• New Zealand
• Market Research
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Market Research Interviewer

  • Nov 2006 - Dec 2007

New World Supermarket
• Checkout Operator

  • Feb 2004 - Nov 2006