From Newcastle NSW, Rizina Yadav recently graduated from Stanford University, with a BA in Philosophy. At Stanford, Rizina achieved a perfect GPA, four excellence commendations for the most outstanding work in an academic quarter, and an Excellence Award. Throughout her Stanford education, she conducted research on democracy, policy, and gender, presenting at academic conferences at Stanford and in Berlin, Germany. Rizina leads Young Women’s Policy Submission, a social impact initiative improving young Australian women’s lives through evidence-based policy and programs. She also works as a consultant and economist for The Stable Group, focussing on regional impact projects. Rizina loves cycling and tennis and used to be a competitive sprinter (100m). With her Ramsay Postgraduate Scholarship, Rizina will study a Master of Science in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation at the University of Oxford. In the future, Rizina aims to make meaningful contributions in gender and policy evaluation to Australian policy and government.