Sarifa Alonto Younes

Sarifa Alonto Younes is a Serial Edupreneur, Best-Selling Author, International Speaker and a Philanthropist. She is an advocate for women empowerment, education and leadership.

Her achievements have earned her as a multiple award winner: a recipient of Australia 2018 AusMumpreneur Multicultural Business Excellence Award, United Kingdom WOHA 2020 Mother Theresa Award, World Women Vision Awards 2021 Philanthropy Award. She is a WAW Honorary Award Hall of Fame and Honorary life member of ALL Ladies League.

She resides in Melbourne Australia with her husband, Hassan, and her four children.

As a leader of leaders and a giver to givers, she is admired for her ability to listen and support those in need. Sarifa has a passion for education and love for humanity, and dreams of a world where young girls and orphans are given a fighting chance at a quality life, and the ability not only to survive scarcity, but to be able to savour in the gifts and rewards education can provide.

Sarifa is the President and Founder of the International Academy of Marawi (I AM), Philippines; Director and Co-Founder of Training College of Australia; CEO and Founder of Arndell Park Early Childhood Learning Centre; Global Director of Speakers Tribe Women, Australia and this year appointed as the Australia Country Chair on Business Networking under the auspices of ALL Ladies League.

Sarifa holds a Bachelor Degree in Psychology, a Master's Degree in Industrial & Organizational Psychology and another Master’s Degree in Education and Training, which made her a strong voice on the international stage: speaking on education, organizational change, women empowerment, leadership and management.

Her #1 Best-Selling book, Love Your obstacles, has been shortlisted to be amongst TOP 18 for the Golden Door 2021- Truth & Integrity of the Written Word.

Also contending for the Golden Door Award as well as Golden Door-REX Karmaveer Truth-Writer Fellowship & Chakra Awards.

In her book , Love Your Obstacles, she sheds light on how we can grow and overcome our challenges and turn them into opportunities. Her another book on leadership is about to be published.