Narayan Khanal is currently studying Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Narayan is passionate about youth empowerment, building leadership opportunities in communities and tackling challenges such as barriers to youth empowerment, racism, and misrepresentation of diverse young people. In 2022, he represented Australia at the Y20 summit, an official engagement group of G20. He previously traveled to Geneva to attend the Global Summit of Refugees which brought together leaders from across the world to create policies relevant for refugees. He also attended the United Nations Human Rights Council whilst in Geneva. For his efforts, he was awarded Young Citizen of the Year for Wollongong and a finalist for the Australian Human Rights commission’s Young Human Rights Medal.