Dr. Sonia Cheema is an educational leader, leadership coach, and author dedicated to shaping transformative learning environments across Australian schools. With over two decades of experience in teaching, wellbeing, and leadership, she champions ethical leadership, emotional intelligence, and innovation in education. As an educator, community leader and leadership mentor, Dr. Cheema empowers emerging leaders to create cultures of trust, purpose, and growth. Deeply inspired by her late father’s service to the nation and guided by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s philosophy of education as nation-building, she continues to lead with compassion, courage, and conviction.