Faiza El-Higzi

Director, WOW Australia

Faiza El-Higzi OAM is an active community member who has been living in Australia for the past 20 years. She is of African, Mid-Eastern descent.

Faiza has worked in Australia and overseas, in the public, private and the NGO sectors and has more than ten years public sector experience in Australia providing strategic policy advice at both the State and Federal levels.

She is currently the National Human Rights Advisor for the National Council for Women and was the Economic Advisor for the Queensland Chapter.

Faiza holds four post graduate degrees in science, education, project management, and international business. She is currently the Manager of the Romero Centre, a drop-in community centre in Brisbane for refugee and asylum seekers’ support.

Social Links
LinkedIn: @Faiza-el-higzi