Sharmila Parmanand in a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and a Gates Scholar at the University of Cambridge. She has a master's in Development Studies from the University of Melbourne on an Australian Leadership Award scholarship and a BA in Political Science from the Ateneo de Manila University, cum laude. She was previously a development analyst for Devex, and a lecturer at the University of Vermont Department of Theater and the Ateneo de Manila University Department of English and Literature.
