Michelle Jasmin Dimasi completed a PhD at Swinburne University in the area of asylum seeker policy. She has worked in Afghanistan and the Middle East to deliver services to women, children and ethnic minorities in both the private and not-for-profit sectors. She has also held positions on the United Nation’s High Commissioner for Refugees Round Table discussions, and research adjunct roles at both Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education and at the Swinburne Institute for Social Research.

Daniel Zimmer holds degrees in business and law from the University of Queensland.  He has spent his career implementing public policy programmes on behalf of governments globally.  His focus includes employment and educational programmes in the Middle East for women and people with disabilities. He is currently an advisory panel member for the Shuhada Organization – an Afghan Non-Governmental Organization.