Daniel Gamboa is a New Zealand public servant, community engagement specialist,

human rights activist, and former refugee from Colombia. He is the co-founder of
the
New Zealand National Refugee Youth Council (NZNRYC), a New Zealand NGO that
empowers, advocates and supports newly arrived refugee youth to have a successful
and sustainable life in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Daniel and his mother fled Colombia when rebels threatened to kill the then 12-
year-old
boy Daniel because his mother refused to hide their weapons in her restaurant. They
then became refugees in Ecuador where they were violently discriminated against
because of being Colombian. In 2012 after living in Ecuador for 6 years, the UNHCR
resettled Daniel and his mother to New Zealand.

Daniel holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and Development Studies from
Victoria University of Wellington and Leadership diploma from University of
Cambridge.
He is currently completing a course in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies from
Oxford University. He has been a guest speaker at the annual The Annual Tripartite
Consultations on Resettlement (2016/2017) in Geneva, Asia Pacific Refugee Rights
Conference (2016) Bangkok and the Global Changemakers Summit (2017) in Zurich.

Daniel currently works as a Senior Engagement advisor at the Royal Commission of

Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based
Institutions

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