Dr Zali Yager is an internationally-recognised body image expert, on a mission to change all of the things about the world that made us feel bad about the way we look. Zali has a Health and Physical Education background, spent 20+ years in research and teacher education, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Institute for Health and Sport at Victoria University in Australia. 

Now focussed on research translation for impact, Zali is the architect of strategic innovation and advocacy as Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of The Embrace Collective, alongside 2023 Australian of the Year, Taryn Brumfitt. Together, this dynamic duo have reached one Million Australian children, changed the Australian Curriculum, and taken their mission to Prime Ministers, Professors, and Presidents, from Parliament House in Australia, to the White House in the USA.