At just 23, Leigh Mathews founded the Future Cambodia Fund, an organisation working with disadvantaged children and their families in Cambodia. Over the last four-and-a-half years, she has worked seven days a week in her determination to help Cambodia’s poor, and in a short time has made an enormous difference. Future Cambodia Fund now reaches thousands of people through its programs and is dedicated to empowering communities for positive change.

Leigh, 28, has also worked in the fields of human rights, homelessness, disability, and the protection of children from abuse. Leigh is now launching a new non-profit organisation, aimed at empowering young Australians to take action and create positive change in their world.