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leila smith

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Masters of Public Policy
St Edmund's College, Cambridge

2013 Charlie Perkins Scholar 
​2013 Chevening Scholar

2012 Aurora Study Tour 
The generation before mine, our Elders, which include Charlie Perkins and many others in their generation, they held the line for us.  They were the trailblazers.  [My fellow Scholars] they are the trail-guides, so too are the many others who stand beside them in the public service, the universities, our community organisations, and the private sector.  
Leila is a Wiradjuri woman whose family is from central New South Wales.  As a 2013 Charlie Perkins Scholar, she completed a MPhil in Public Policy at St Edmund's College, Cambridge, in 2014. 

Raised in Canberra, Leila also holds a Bachelor's degree with First Class Honours in Sociology from the Australian National University. 

Leila is the first Indigenous CEO of the Aurora Education Foundation. Leila was the Knowledge Translation Manager at the Lowitja Institute, and a Senior Management Consultant at Nous Group.  She also led the Policy and Programs team at the Australian Indigenous Doctors' Association, and worked in data analysis and research roles at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, the Australian Social Science Data Archive, and the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.


More from Leila

Redefining Indigenous Education - TEDxYouth
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Because of Her, We Can - The Lowitja Institute

Charlie Perkins Address Indigenous Affairs and Public Administration: Can't We Do Better - Leila's speech at the 2017 ANZSOG and PMC Conference 
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