Afra is a Social Entrepreneur and Management Consultant born in Sri Lanka, raised in Bahrain and living in Melbourne. After working across the 3 countries by the age of 18, and then experiencing the shortcomings of a high performing environment she founded Impact Path, an organisation that aims to combat burnout among young professionals, and she has committed to using her career to drive social change.


Since then, Afra has founded one of the first international Graduate Mental Health seminars, has been selected to work with the UN and is an international published author on gender equality. She was recognised as one of PwC Australia’s top 10 leaders in Diversity & Inclusion, an FYA Young Social Pioneer and a Finalist for the 7NEWS Young Achiever Award.

Afra is a Social Entrepreneur and Management Consultant born in Sri Lanka, raised in Bahrain and living in Melbourne. After working across the 3 countries by the age of 18, and then experiencing the shortcomings of a high performing environment she founded Impact Path, an organisation that aims to combat burnout among young professionals, and she has committed to using her career to drive social change. 
Since then, Afra has founded one of the first international Graduate Mental Health seminars, has been selected to work with the UN and is an international published author on gender equality. She was recognised as one of PwC Australia’s top 10 leaders in Diversity & Inclusion, an FYA Young Social Pioneer and a Finalist for the 7NEWS Young Achiever Award.

Join us as we chat with inspirational Australians making a real difference in their
communities, Australia and often the world.


Be inspired by ordinary Australians achieving extraordinary things!

Join us as we chat with inspirational Australians making a real difference in their communities, Australia and often the world.
 Be inspired by ordinary Australians achieving extraordinary things!

Inspirational.Australians by Awards Australia Podcast

In this week’s episode, Geoff is talking to Afra who is a Finalist in the 2020 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards for Victoria.

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