Soraya Ahyaudin

Soraya is a first year graduate student in the Masters of Public Diplomacy Program at the University of Southern California. She worked as an Assistant Registrar with Universiti Sains Malaysia in the International Office for four years, and then for four years as a diplomatic officer with the Public Service Department of Malaysia. Her diverse work exposure has allowed her insights to public diplomacy in action and cultivated her interests in cultural and exchange diplomacy, the role of education in public diplomacy, public diplomacy and diaspora in narratives and sentiments.

She has a Masters in Science and Environmental Journalism from Universiti Sains Malaysia and a Bachelor in Communication (Journalism) from MARA University of Technology, Malaysia.