Misbah Ansari
Misbah Ansari
Project Officer (Engagement)
Qualifications and current memberships
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) [Gender Studies/Media Studies], The University of Sydney – June 2019 to December 2024
Education Support Officer, Service Learning in Indigenous Communities (SLIC) at The University of Sydney – January 2024 to December 2024
Editor, Honi Soit – December 2022 to December 2023
Co-Producer, Women of Color Solidarity Project at Radio Skid Row – January 2020 to June 2022
Poetry Facilitator, Addison Road Youth Collective – May 2025
Anti-Racism Workshop Facilitator, Addison Road Youth Collective – May 2025 to present
Sydney Indigenous Research Network member – May 2024 to present.
Professional summary
Misbah is a Project Officer under the Engagement team at Cultural Perspectives. Her personal and professional practice is driven by her passion for community growth and grassroots initiatives. With an Honours in Gender Studies/Media and Communications, she is adept at applying her academic training and understanding of the humanities to real-world issues impacting Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities. She previously worked as an Education Support Officer at SLIC at the University of Sydney, where she collaborated with First Nations community partners across Australia, refining her strengths in planning and providing services and sharing knowledge to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. Her professional portfolio includes workshop facilitation at Addison Road Youth Collective, demonstrating her ability as a natural communicator and confident speaker.
Misbah’s intersectional thinking and people-first approach are reflected in her work at Cultural Perspectives. She supported the project management of community engagement events for the 2024-25 Influenza Vaccination campaign, working closely with community partners to deliver meaningful outcomes. Misbah was proactive in the second and third phases of the Youth Vaping Education campaign, drawing on her extensive media background and succinct writing skills as a former co-producer and editor to co-develop various multicultural strategies for clients. She facilitated the podcast and influencer partnerships for Youth Vaping phase 2 with her industry-level audio-visual production experience.
Misbah’s extensive media background and writing skills helped her co-develop various multicultural strategies for clients. She channelled her passion for disability advocacy in creating a diversity strategy for Settlement Services International (SSI), with a special focus on CALD carers and human rights model of disability. Misbah’s critical thinking abilities helps her identify gaps in community outreach and its significance to multicultural strategies.
Passionate about gender studies, Misbah also worked as a casual academic at the University of Sydney. Her academic practice centres on the lived experiences of marginalised communities and their role in knowledge production. In her spare time, Misbah organises film screenings of international cinema in Sydney.
