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DR ZARRIN SEEMA SIDDIQUI
Native Country : Pakistan Age : 53
Occupation : Associate Professor of Medical Education at the University of Western Australia .
Qualifications : PhD in Medical Education from UWA . Prior to that , Zarrin completed a certificate in counselling skills from the UK and got her Membership in Psychiatry .
Adventures : Going water rafting in Bali .
Loves To : Play with her grandson , face-time with her daughter in the ACT and mum in Pakistan , and take long walks with her dear husband .
Giving Back : Zarrin started the Pakistanis in Australia group during CHOGM 2011 , which now has more than 7,500 members connected through social media . In addition , there is a fortnightly e-bulletin and several other projects running , including the Australia Day Project in Pakistan , Mentoring Without Borders and Multicultural Research Group of WA .
At Home : Assessing students ’ work , supervising research projects and sometimes cooking and entertaining friends .
Inspiration : “ One cannot add wings to a caterpillar ; the whole process of transformation into a butterfly has to start within the caterpillar itself .”
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