Originally from Sydney, Orla Hogan is a budding historian passionate about advancing reproductive rights and securing justice for survivors of historic institutional abuse. She holds a BA in History with First Class Honours from the University of Cambridge, focussing on 20th-century Irish history. She has worked as a research intern for an investment management fund’s modern slavery research team, examining whether FTSE100 and 250 companies complied with the UK’s 2015 Modern Slavery Act. She has also worked at a sexual health charity. Outside study she has enjoyed participating in the Cambridge theatre scene and writing for Varsity newspaper. With her Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Orla will pursue a Master of Philosophy in Modern British History at Cambridge. Her research will focus on the decline of the Irish Catholic Church, the Magdalene Laundries, and the role of investigative journalists in exposing the inner workings of the Laundries. In the future Orla hopes to become an advocate and researcher focussing on historical injustices.