Sinia joined CIRCA as a Research Consultant in 2021. She has extensive experience in conducting research with culturally and linguistically diverse communities and preparing high quality research outputs.

Sinia has completed a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons I) from Macquarie University. During her time at university, Sinia spent one year teaching English in rural South Korean schools and completed an empirical thesis investigating how culture, language, and religion impacts partner choice decisions in young Australians.

Over the past 3 years, Sinia has been working on the Watch Me Grow for REAL Project, a longitudinal research study investigating the emergence of early-onset childhood mental health disorders in South Western Sydney. Taken together, these experiences have cultivated a passion for creating high quality research which is culturally sensitive, respectful, and centred on building strong relationships with diverse communities and stakeholders.

In her spare time, Sinia enjoys going for a swim and learning new languages. Sinia is also fluent in Hindi and Punjabi, has intermediate speaking & reading skills in Spanish,  can read Hangul (Korean script), and speak and understand basic Korean.

Sinia is currently on leave pursuing a master’s degree in Public Health, specialising in epidemiology, at New York University in the United States.