Sufi is a youth cancer survivor with a background in research, she currently works in the mental health space, with aspirations towards studies in psychiatry. She has been advocating to improve healthcare services for cancer patients in Victoria for over 7 years. Sufi was co-chair on the Victorian and Tasmanian Youth Cancer Action Board, with the Victorian Young Adolescent Cancer Service at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. Sufi then progressed as co-chair of the Value Based Cancer Care, Consumer Led Research Pilot program with the VCCC Alliance where she helped to investigate the values of Arabic speaking patients who utilise an interpreter during consultations. She is currently working on the Statewide Consumer Led Research Program as Co-chair with the VCCC Alliance, in hopes to build the capacity of other consumer leaders in Victoria.  

Sufi has been part of many co-design projects to improve healthcare services, helped to develop resources, facilitate educational programs for clinicians and conduct research that reflects the values of the cancer population. She is particularly passionate about addressing access and inequity issues, related to persons from ethnically diverse backgrounds and those with mental health challenges