Carmen Lazar is a community leader and refugee advocate with over 14 years of experience supporting humanitarian entrants in Australia.
"I don’t cry easily. But I couldn’t hold it in watching Elian and Almas talk about their time in ISIS captivity. I lived through it. I met so many survivors—some were family, some were close friends. And still, every time I hear one of their stories, it hits me like it’s happening all over again.