Birgit Schreiber Ph.D. is a consultant for the higher education sector, has served in senior leadership positions for the past 25 years. She is consulting to a range of national and trans-national bodies, notably USAf South Africa. She is a member of the Africa Centre for Transregional Research at the Freiburg University, Germany. Birgit has over 50 publications on social justice, student affairs, engagement and higher education policy. She was the founding member and is the editorial executive of the Journal for Student Affairs in Africa (JSAA), she is on the board of the Journal of College Student Development and a Column Editor for the Journal of College and Character. She recently completed a Global Handbook on Student Affairs for UNESCO. After being the Africa Chair, she is the Vice-President for the International Association of Student Affairs and Services.

Dr Thabo Leonard Muhango completed his Matric at Oxford Combined College, Kempton Park in December 2011. He joined the Faculty of Health Sciences as an undergraduate student in 2012 to pursue his lifelong ambition of becoming a doctor and serving and giving back to his community. He wore many hats during his time as an undergraduate student, namely, President of the Medical Students Council, Residence Life Tutor, EOH Big Brother Mentor, Surgical Society member to name a few. He also was the co-founder of the Wits Wrap it Up Medical Society. He won the Wits Vice-Chancellor’s Student Leader of the year award in 2015. He was also awarded Wits MSC Dean’s Award in 2016 and 2017, and the MSC President Award in 2018. Upon completion of his medical degree, he completed his internship at Ladysmith Regional Hospital, KZN during the period June 2018-May 2020. He then moved back to Gauteng to complete his Community Service at Far East Rand Hospital during the period June 2020 – May 2021. He is currently a Medical Officer in Orthopaedics at Far East Rand Hospital.

His mantra is embedded in the words of Mam Charlotte Maxeke, "This work is not for yourselves - kill that spirit of self, and do not live above your people but live with them. If you can rise, bring someone with you"

Onthatile Zikhali is a fourth-year medical student at the University of the Witwatersrand. She holds a Bachelor of Health Science undergraduate degree in Biomedical Science, and a Bachelor of Health Science Honours degree in Medical Cell Biology. She also currently serves as the president of the Wits Medical Students’ Council, and the chairperson of the Wits Health Sciences Students’ Council. She also previously served as Vice-Chairperson of the Bachelor of Health Science Students’ Council, and as the Health Science representative o the Wits Postgraduate Association. A passionate student leader, she is also an advocate for the well-being of the health science student body at large and works tirelessly to achieve student success in this way.

Thapelo Russel Jnr Malatji was born and raised in Limpopo (Mphagane Village). He went to Elite Secondary College where he was the Deputy Chairperson for the 2014/2015 in the RCL.Thapelo is BSC (life sciences) graduate where he majored in physiology and biochemistry.

He is currently doing his final level in Pharmacy at the University of Limpopo where he is the current Faculty Chairperson of health Sciences, other leadership position his held in the institution are School of Healthcare Sciences Chairperson,University of Limpopo Association of Pharmacy Student’s’ Chairperson.

To add to the list of leadership positions he has held is the National position of being the President of the Pharmaceutical Students’ federation 2021/22 which is a federation that represents Pharmacy students across the country.

Siphesihle Mhlongo is completing his final year under the college of health sciences. I'm also serving in the SRC as the representative of the college.

Mzi has 14 years of teaching, supervision and mentoring with over 50 external examinations. She started and led research teams on Father Connections and the Net 10 consisting of researchers from ten SADC universities who work in LGBTI research. Mzi was part of a SADC research consortium aimed at building young women’s research leadership. In 2009 to 2010, she visited the Department of Public Health at University of Alberta, Canada. In 2013, she visited University of Western Cape’s Anthropology and Sociology department as a scholar. She’s currently a Dean at the University of Fort Hare, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Daniel Nel is a third year medical student who is passionate about mental health and student activism. He has served for two years in the medical students’ council and social justice forums and is an advocate for the importance of transformation and inclusivity in the health sciences sector.

Ms T Masetsi is a lecturer at the Department of Psychology at the University of Johannesburg with a Master’s degree in Research Psychology from the University of the Western Cape and currently registered for PhD studies in Psychology at the University of Johannesburg. Ms Masetsi's PhD focuses on issues of transformation in South African Universities, with a specific interest in black women academics’ experiences of academic development. Her research interests draw from feminist and critical psychology theories, I am currently writing on the intersectionality of race, gender and class on identities in contemporary South Africa.

Siphokazi Funda is a student at the University of Cape Town. She is a member of the national gender subcommittee of SASCO. She is a former chairperson of SASCO UCT branch and former UCT SRC Secretary General. She was a member of the Health Sciences Student Council at UCT. She is currently a member of the national committee of Global Youth Parliament SA and the provincial coordinator of the LGBTIQA desk in the Western Cape.

Dr. Tricia Seifert is the Dean of the College of Education, Health & Human Development and professor in the Adult & Higher Education program at Montana State University. Her research broadly investigates the relationship between college student experiences and postsecondary learning and success. Troubled by the number of students who withdraw from postsecondary education after their first year, Dr. Seifert has begun examining how to support students in the transition to postsecondary. She currently is creating a suite of games to develop students’ navigational knowledge of the postsecondary landscape and has launched Success Prints Crash Course® for commercial use to complement the college readiness curricula in high schools and first-year experience programs in colleges and universities. In 2016, she co-authored How College Affects Students, vol. 3, which reviews a decade of scholarship examining the impact of college attendance on career, cognitive, and civic outcomes. Dr. Seifert served a five-year term as Associate Editor for International Research & Scholarship for the Journal of College Student Development and has published in Research in Higher Education, Review of Higher Education, and Journal of Higher Education among other outlets.

Nontsikelelo ‘Ntsiki’ Mapukata is a cytotechnologist by training. Though no longer in active practice, she is keen to explore lived experiences beyond the microscope and collaborate with others in pursuing educational approaches that centre a humanising pedagogy where communities become centres of learning in mutual beneficial partnerships. She is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Town. As an emerging feminist researcher, her research interests include professionalism; multiprofessional learning; student development and engagement with a particular focus to understanding the experiences of students studying towards the caring professions. As a social activist, she has an ongoing interest in initiatives that empower marginalized citizens in underserved and rural communities.

University of Cape Town MBChB final year student. Volunteered as a faculty and residence mentor 2018 - 2020. content Creator focusing mostly on experiences as a medical student through youtube videos. Passionate about mentorship, helping out and bringing about change in health spaces.

Lecturer, Department of Social Work at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa, Cape Town. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Social Work and my highest qualification is a master’s in Developmental Studies. Former UWC SRC Academic off. Furthermore, an author of mourning and grieving rituals. Currently, I am a lecturer and a second-year-level coordinator in Social Work Department. Also, I am a PhD candidate, and my research focuses on supported education specifically on invisible disabilities. Moreover, a youth counsellor at Chrysalis Academy, Tokai. My research interests include access to transportation for people living with disabilities, poverty and mourning and grieving rituals.