Narayan Khanal is currently studying to become Doctor of Medicine (MD) at the University of Wollongong. Narayan is passionate about 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 attended Y20 Indonesia through a Global Voices scholarship. He previously travelled 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.