Motivational speaker and podcaster Jaz O’Hara is the founder of Asylum Speakers, a media platform amplifying voices on those impacted by displacement.
Jaz’s work supporting refugees and asylum seekers began in the notorious Calais Jungle in 2015 and Jaz has worked tirelessly in refugee camps across Europe and the Middle East ever since, telling the stories that too often go unheard. As a writer for The Huffington Post, winner of Marie Claire’s ‘Future Shaper’ award and member of Amnesty International’s ‘Collective’, Jaz has become a leading voice on the topic of migration, speaking everywhere from TedX, to the United Nations in NYC.
Jaz and her team are dedicated to challenging the fear-based narrative of today’s media and society and do so through film, talks, an extremely popular podcast and most recently the Asylum Speakers book.