Rozella Mahjhrin

She didn’t have the greatest childhood. She was always teased and bullied because of her birthmark and felt like an outsider who didn’t belong anywhere. That’s why in 2015 She founded True Complexion, a community platform that promotes diversity and inclusion while spreading the message of acceptance, empathy and empowerment.

Through True Complexion, She engages with a community that is 7,000 strong. She has given talks and workshops to as many as 1,500 people for various organizations and events such as TEDx, CIMB Bank, and Intel Malaysia to name a few. She also worked with the Global Entrepreneurship Movement on a podcast series featuring entrepreneurs with disabilities that has been listed to over 440,000 times.

In 2019, She was named the winner of the Arts and Culture category of Women of the Future Southeast Asia Awards. That year, She was selected to be part of Obama Foundation Leaders: Asia-Pacific Program 2019 and Einsenhower Fellowship Global Program 2019. She is currently the face of IT Cosmetics and her image has been featured in Sephora stores in Singapore and Malaysia.

In addition to her work as an advocate and in community development, She is a singer, songwriter, and voiceover artist. She has performed on stages in front of up to 3,000 people. In 2015, her original song ‘Home to You’ was the winning single of Tiger Jams, remixed by popular Scottish electronic band CHVRCHES. Her voice can be heard in countless radio, television, and online commercials, and corporate videos.

As a result of her advocacy, public speaking, and training programs, teenagers and adults have a safe space to overcome their insecurities and mental health issues, tap into their strengths and uniqueness, and cultivate unshakable self-confidence.

With clarity, conviction, an effective toolbox, and a support system, individuals can take what they learn and translate it into repeatable actions that help them achieve their desired results. The mindset, skills, and knowledge She shares can free them from the past and lead them to make changes that create a future full of possibilities.

This impacts the community, changes lives, and supports the SGD goals listed below:

1.2: By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.

3.4: By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.

3.5: Strengthen the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, including narcotic drug abuse and harmful use of alcohol.

5.1: End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere.

5.5: Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life.

8.5: By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

8.6: By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.

16.1: Significantly reduce all forms of violence and related death rates everywhere.