Sozan is passionate about bringing peers together, and promoting inclusion, equality and meaningful opportunities for people with disability from CALD backgrounds. She was born in Iraq and has an Assyrian background.

At DDAlliance, Sozan helped establish and is a facilitator of the Eastern Suburbs Peer Café. By bringing people together, she sees the potential for peers to share experiences, look out for one another and find solutions, help navigate service systems, and connect with their goals and passions.

Sozan was an ambassador with Ability Links NSW where she promoted the inclusion of people with disability from the CALD community.

She has presented at workshops about the NDIS, and featured in two videos about mental health and carers of people with disability. In Bayside Council, as part of International Women’s Day, Sozan featured on a panel exploring the power of women and community, where she shared her experience of being an Assyrian refugee and disability advocate. She’s also spoken on Assyrian radio, raising awareness around the importance for people with disability to have meaningful and equal opportunities in employment and other aspects of life.

Being on the Board, Sozan looks forward to sharing experiences and working together to support everyone at DDAlliance to have a better future.